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Terapekhya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Terapekhya is a medium size village located in Mahisadal Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 382 families residing. The Terapekhya village has population of 1579 of which 774 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Terapekhya village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 7.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Terapekhya village is 1040 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Terapekhya as per census is 1067, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Terapekhya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Terapekhya village was 92.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Terapekhya Male literacy stands at 95.10 % while female literacy rate was 89.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Terapekhya 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 Terapekhya village.

Terapekhya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 382 - -
Population 1,579 774 805
Child (0-6) 124 60 64
Schedule Caste 100 53 47
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 92.03 % 95.10 % 89.07 %
Total Workers 528 426 102
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 92 63 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.63 % of total population in Terapekhya village.

Work Profile

In Terapekhya village out of total population, 528 were engaged in work activities. 82.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 528 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.