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Darakandi Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Darakandi is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Darakandi village has population of 508 of which 255 are males while 253 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darakandi village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darakandi village is 992 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Darakandi as per census is 1056, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Darakandi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Darakandi village was 56.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Darakandi Male literacy stands at 54.79 % while female literacy rate was 58.60 %.

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

Darakandi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 105 - -
Population 508 255 253
Child (0-6) 74 36 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.68 % 54.79 % 58.60 %
Total Workers 140 139 1
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 6 6 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Darakandi village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Darakandi village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 95.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.