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Babia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Babia is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 281 families residing. The Babia village has population of 1304 of which 671 are males while 633 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Babia village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Babia village is 943 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Babia as per census is 867, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Babia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Babia village was 93.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Babia Male literacy stands at 98.60 % while female literacy rate was 88.69 %.

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

Babia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,304 671 633
Child (0-6) 183 98 85
Schedule Caste 249 122 127
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.76 % 98.60 % 88.69 %
Total Workers 675 381 294
Main Worker 344 - -
Marginal Worker 331 157 174

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.10 % of total population in Babia village. The village Babia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Babia village out of total population, 675 were engaged in work activities. 50.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 675 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.