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Arjunmahal Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Arjunmahal is a medium size village located in Kharibari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 291 families residing. The Arjunmahal village has population of 1488 of which 746 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arjunmahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 247 which makes up 16.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arjunmahal village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Arjunmahal as per census is 1076, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Arjunmahal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Arjunmahal village was 58.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Arjunmahal Male literacy stands at 67.15 % while female literacy rate was 49.02 %.

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

Arjunmahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,488 746 742
Child (0-6) 247 119 128
Schedule Caste 662 333 329
Schedule Tribe 353 170 183
Literacy 58.18 % 67.15 % 49.02 %
Total Workers 494 392 102
Main Worker 463 - -
Marginal Worker 31 7 24

Caste Factor

In Arjunmahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 23.72 % of total population in Arjunmahal village.

Work Profile

In Arjunmahal village out of total population, 494 were engaged in work activities. 93.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 494 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.