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Pirijpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Pirijpur is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 280 families residing. The Pirijpur village has population of 1207 of which 605 are males while 602 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pirijpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 9.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pirijpur village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pirijpur as per census is 1107, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pirijpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pirijpur village was 75.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pirijpur Male literacy stands at 85.61 % while female literacy rate was 65.56 %.

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

Pirijpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,207 605 602
Child (0-6) 118 56 62
Schedule Caste 132 69 63
Schedule Tribe 944 466 478
Literacy 75.67 % 85.61 % 65.56 %
Total Workers 646 396 250
Main Worker 541 - -
Marginal Worker 105 35 70

Caste Factor

In Pirijpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.94 % of total population in Pirijpur village.

Work Profile

In Pirijpur village out of total population, 646 were engaged in work activities. 83.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 646 workers engaged in Main Work, 309 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 205 were Agricultural labourer.