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Bad Sankair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bad Sankair is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 262 families residing. The Bad Sankair village has population of 1055 of which 534 are males while 521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bad Sankair village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 9.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bad Sankair village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bad Sankair as per census is 1439, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bad Sankair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bad Sankair village was 59.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bad Sankair Male literacy stands at 67.34 % while female literacy rate was 51.52 %.

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

Bad Sankair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,055 534 521
Child (0-6) 100 41 59
Schedule Caste 251 132 119
Schedule Tribe 326 160 166
Literacy 59.69 % 67.34 % 51.52 %
Total Workers 460 308 152
Main Worker 330 - -
Marginal Worker 130 55 75

Caste Factor

Bad Sankair village of Dakshin Dinajpur has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 30.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 23.79 % of total population in Bad Sankair village.

Work Profile

In Bad Sankair village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 71.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 162 were Agricultural labourer.