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Chengmarihat Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Chengmarihat is a large village located in Mal Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 418 families residing. The Chengmarihat village has population of 2008 of which 1062 are males while 946 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chengmarihat village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 12.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chengmarihat village is 891 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chengmarihat as per census is 786, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chengmarihat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chengmarihat village was 75.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chengmarihat Male literacy stands at 84.06 % while female literacy rate was 65.55 %.

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

Chengmarihat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 418 - -
Population 2,008 1,062 946
Child (0-6) 250 140 110
Schedule Caste 1,624 864 760
Schedule Tribe 56 23 33
Literacy 75.26 % 84.06 % 65.55 %
Total Workers 695 545 150
Main Worker 585 - -
Marginal Worker 110 60 50

Caste Factor

In Chengmarihat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.88 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.79 % of total population in Chengmarihat village.

Work Profile

In Chengmarihat village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 84.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 233 were Agricultural labourer.