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Thengapara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Thengapara is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 383 families residing. The Thengapara village has population of 1692 of which 887 are males while 805 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Thengapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 10.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Thengapara village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Thengapara as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Thengapara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Thengapara village was 77.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Thengapara Male literacy stands at 85.34 % while female literacy rate was 68.95 %.

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

Thengapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 383 - -
Population 1,692 887 805
Child (0-6) 170 96 74
Schedule Caste 84 38 46
Schedule Tribe 21 11 10
Literacy 77.46 % 85.34 % 68.95 %
Total Workers 661 504 157
Main Worker 568 - -
Marginal Worker 93 43 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.24 % of total population in Thengapara village.

Work Profile

In Thengapara village out of total population, 661 were engaged in work activities. 85.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 661 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.