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Nagan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Nagan is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 228 families residing. The Nagan village has population of 998 of which 520 are males while 478 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 14.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nagan village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nagan as per census is 640, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nagan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nagan village was 68.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nagan Male literacy stands at 75.35 % while female literacy rate was 60.76 %.

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

Nagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 998 520 478
Child (0-6) 141 86 55
Schedule Caste 1 0 1
Schedule Tribe 420 215 205
Literacy 68.14 % 75.35 % 60.76 %
Total Workers 412 279 133
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 27 7 20

Caste Factor

In Nagan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.10 % of total population in Nagan village.

Work Profile

In Nagan village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 93.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.