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Cherapara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Cherapara is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 76 families residing. The Cherapara village has population of 301 of which 145 are males while 156 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Cherapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 16.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Cherapara village is 1076 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Cherapara as per census is 962, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Cherapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Cherapara village was 36.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Cherapara Male literacy stands at 43.70 % while female literacy rate was 30.53 %.

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

Cherapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 76 - -
Population 301 145 156
Child (0-6) 51 26 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 214 102 112
Literacy 36.80 % 43.70 % 30.53 %
Total Workers 117 69 48
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 68 26 42

Caste Factor

In Cherapara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.10 % of total population in Cherapara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Cherapara village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Cherapara village out of total population, 117 were engaged in work activities. 41.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 117 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.