Noksha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Noksha is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 409 families residing. The Noksha village has population of 1698 of which 880 are males while 818 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Noksha village population of children with age 0-6 is 206 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Noksha village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Noksha as per census is 839, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Noksha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Noksha village was 54.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Noksha Male literacy stands at 62.37 % while female literacy rate was 45.30 %.

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

Noksha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	409	-	-
Population	1,698	880	818
Child (0-6)	206	112	94
Schedule Caste	692	361	331
Schedule Tribe	718	374	344
Literacy	54.09 %	62.37 %	45.30 %
Total Workers	843	503	340
Main Worker	500	-	-
Marginal Worker	343	81	262

Caste Factor

In Noksha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.29 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 40.75 % of total population in Noksha village.

Work Profile

In Noksha village out of total population, 843 were engaged in work activities. 59.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 843 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.