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Paharpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Paharpur is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 268 families residing. The Paharpur village has population of 1316 of which 683 are males while 633 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 8.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharpur village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharpur as per census is 847, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharpur village was 89.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paharpur Male literacy stands at 93.91 % while female literacy rate was 83.88 %.

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

Paharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,316 683 633
Child (0-6) 109 59 50
Schedule Caste 136 75 61
Schedule Tribe 5 4 1
Literacy 89.06 % 93.91 % 83.88 %
Total Workers 496 390 106
Main Worker 417 - -
Marginal Worker 79 61 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.38 % of total population in Paharpur village.

Work Profile

In Paharpur village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 84.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 253 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.