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Paikpara Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Paikpara is a medium size village located in Itahar Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 268 families residing. The Paikpara village has population of 1159 of which 592 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 15.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikpara village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikpara as per census is 832, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paikpara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikpara village was 36.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paikpara Male literacy stands at 41.96 % while female literacy rate was 31.68 %.

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

Paikpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,159 592 567
Child (0-6) 185 101 84
Schedule Caste 1,113 563 550
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 36.86 % 41.96 % 31.68 %
Total Workers 515 345 170
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 238 88 150

Caste Factor

In Paikpara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 96.03 % of total population in Paikpara village. The village Paikpara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paikpara village out of total population, 515 were engaged in work activities. 53.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 515 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.