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Dahara Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Dahara is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Dahara village has population of 1733 of which 930 are males while 803 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 332 which makes up 19.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahara village is 863 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahara as per census is 834, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahara village was 38.04 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dahara Male literacy stands at 41.12 % while female literacy rate was 34.51 %.

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

Dahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,733 930 803
Child (0-6) 332 181 151
Schedule Caste 479 265 214
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 38.04 % 41.12 % 34.51 %
Total Workers 786 529 257
Main Worker 473 - -
Marginal Worker 313 124 189

Caste Factor

Dahara village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.64 % of total population in Dahara village. The village Dahara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dahara village out of total population, 786 were engaged in work activities. 60.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 786 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 307 were Agricultural labourer.