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Bara Shikarpur Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bara Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 361 families residing. The Bara Shikarpur village has population of 1892 of which 946 are males while 946 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bara Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 372 which makes up 19.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bara Shikarpur village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bara Shikarpur as per census is 918, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bara Shikarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bara Shikarpur village was 47.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bara Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 52.79 % while female literacy rate was 42.45 %.

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

Bara Shikarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 1,892 946 946
Child (0-6) 372 194 178
Schedule Caste 10 3 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.57 % 52.79 % 42.45 %
Total Workers 539 470 69
Main Worker 410 - -
Marginal Worker 129 95 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.53 % of total population in Bara Shikarpur village. The village Bara Shikarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bara Shikarpur village out of total population, 539 were engaged in work activities. 76.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 539 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.