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Katasan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Katasan is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 378 families residing. The Katasan village has population of 1604 of which 802 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Katasan village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 11.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Katasan village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Katasan as per census is 1087, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Katasan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Katasan village was 61.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Katasan Male literacy stands at 67.04 % while female literacy rate was 56.70 %.

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

Katasan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,604 802 802
Child (0-6) 192 92 100
Schedule Caste 578 286 292
Schedule Tribe 151 70 81
Literacy 61.90 % 67.04 % 56.70 %
Total Workers 577 454 123
Main Worker 424 - -
Marginal Worker 153 58 95

Caste Factor

In Katasan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.41 % of total population in Katasan village.

Work Profile

In Katasan village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 73.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 181 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.