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Putahari Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Putahari is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 370 families residing. The Putahari village has population of 1563 of which 784 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Putahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 14.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Putahari village is 994 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Putahari as per census is 813, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Putahari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Putahari village was 62.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Putahari Male literacy stands at 71.10 % while female literacy rate was 54.79 %.

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

Putahari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 370 - -
Population 1,563 784 779
Child (0-6) 223 123 100
Schedule Caste 847 407 440
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.84 % 71.10 % 54.79 %
Total Workers 702 426 276
Main Worker 445 - -
Marginal Worker 257 89 168

Caste Factor

In Putahari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.19 % of total population in Putahari village. The village Putahari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Putahari village out of total population, 702 were engaged in work activities. 63.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 702 workers engaged in Main Work, 193 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 202 were Agricultural labourer.