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Purba Shankarpur Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Purba Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Kaliaganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 58 families residing. The Purba Shankarpur village has population of 293 of which 157 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purba Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purba Shankarpur village is 866 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purba Shankarpur as per census is 800, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purba Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purba Shankarpur village was 72.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purba Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 87.59 % while female literacy rate was 55.00 %.

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

Purba Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 293 157 136
Child (0-6) 36 20 16
Schedule Caste 71 40 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.37 % 87.59 % 55.00 %
Total Workers 152 90 62
Main Worker 146 - -
Marginal Worker 6 3 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.23 % of total population in Purba Shankarpur village. The village Purba Shankarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purba Shankarpur village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 96.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.