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Paro Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Paro is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 390 families residing. The Paro village has population of 1536 of which 726 are males while 810 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paro village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 18.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paro village is 1116 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paro as per census is 1007, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Paro village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paro village was 70.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paro Male literacy stands at 77.00 % while female literacy rate was 64.78 %.

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

Paro Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 390 - -
Population 1,536 726 810
Child (0-6) 279 139 140
Schedule Caste 140 65 75
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.49 % 77.00 % 64.78 %
Total Workers 444 368 76
Main Worker 348 - -
Marginal Worker 96 61 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.11 % of total population in Paro village. The village Paro currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paro village out of total population, 444 were engaged in work activities. 78.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 149 were Agricultural labourer.