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Sekhpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sekhpur is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 87 families residing. The Sekhpur village has population of 366 of which 180 are males while 186 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 10.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sekhpur village is 1033 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sekhpur as per census is 950, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sekhpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sekhpur village was 74.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sekhpur Male literacy stands at 83.75 % while female literacy rate was 65.87 %.

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

Sekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 366 180 186
Child (0-6) 39 20 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 212 99 113
Literacy 74.62 % 83.75 % 65.87 %
Total Workers 136 103 33
Main Worker 121 - -
Marginal Worker 15 7 8

Caste Factor

In Sekhpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.92 % of total population in Sekhpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sekhpur village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Sekhpur village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 88.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.