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Purbba Shankarpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Purbba Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 56 families residing. The Purbba Shankarpur village has population of 248 of which 133 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purbba Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 16.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purbba Shankarpur village is 865 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purbba Shankarpur as per census is 826, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purbba Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purbba Shankarpur village was 89.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purbba Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 92.73 % while female literacy rate was 85.42 %.

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

Purbba Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 248 133 115
Child (0-6) 42 23 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.32 % 92.73 % 85.42 %
Total Workers 83 76 7
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 6 6 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Purbba Shankarpur village of Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Purbba Shankarpur village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 92.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.