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Shikrishnapur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Shikrishnapur is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 396 families residing. The Shikrishnapur village has population of 1786 of which 886 are males while 900 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikrishnapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 12.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikrishnapur village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikrishnapur as per census is 1095, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shikrishnapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikrishnapur village was 78.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shikrishnapur Male literacy stands at 82.20 % while female literacy rate was 74.39 %.

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

Shikrishnapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 396 - -
Population 1,786 886 900
Child (0-6) 220 105 115
Schedule Caste 315 157 158
Schedule Tribe 15 6 9
Literacy 78.29 % 82.20 % 74.39 %
Total Workers 527 468 59
Main Worker 478 - -
Marginal Worker 49 31 18

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.84 % of total population in Shikrishnapur village.

Work Profile

In Shikrishnapur village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 90.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 340 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.