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Pahana Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Pahana is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 168 families residing. The Pahana village has population of 601 of which 323 are males while 278 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pahana village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pahana village is 861 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pahana as per census is 1030, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pahana village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pahana village was 79.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pahana Male literacy stands at 88.28 % while female literacy rate was 69.26 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Pahana village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Pahana village.

Pahana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 601 323 278
Child (0-6) 67 33 34
Schedule Caste 354 188 166
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.59 % 88.28 % 69.26 %
Total Workers 243 181 62
Main Worker 240 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

In Pahana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.90 % of total population in Pahana village. The village Pahana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pahana village out of total population, 243 were engaged in work activities. 98.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 243 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.