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Sahanali Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sahanali is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Sahanali village has population of 1266 of which 641 are males while 625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahanali village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 14.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahanali village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahanali as per census is 935, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahanali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahanali village was 54.78 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahanali Male literacy stands at 59.93 % while female literacy rate was 49.54 %.

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

Sahanali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,266 641 625
Child (0-6) 178 92 86
Schedule Caste 555 288 267
Schedule Tribe 508 249 259
Literacy 54.78 % 59.93 % 49.54 %
Total Workers 534 380 154
Main Worker 479 - -
Marginal Worker 55 27 28

Caste Factor

In Sahanali village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.84 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 40.13 % of total population in Sahanali village.

Work Profile

In Sahanali village out of total population, 534 were engaged in work activities. 89.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 534 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 293 were Agricultural labourer.