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Kalancha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kalancha is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 68 families residing. The Kalancha village has population of 331 of which 168 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalancha village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 8.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalancha village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalancha as per census is 750, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalancha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalancha village was 78.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalancha Male literacy stands at 86.84 % while female literacy rate was 69.54 %.

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

Kalancha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 68 - -
Population 331 168 163
Child (0-6) 28 16 12
Schedule Caste 328 166 162
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 78.22 % 86.84 % 69.54 %
Total Workers 152 105 47
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 68 24 44

Caste Factor

In Kalancha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.60 % of total population in Kalancha village.

Work Profile

In Kalancha village out of total population, 152 were engaged in work activities. 55.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 152 workers engaged in Main Work, 66 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.