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Degun Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Degun is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 289 families residing. The Degun village has population of 1665 of which 840 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Degun village population of children with age 0-6 is 293 which makes up 17.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Degun village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Degun as per census is 854, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Degun village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Degun village was 54.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Degun Male literacy stands at 54.40 % while female literacy rate was 54.35 %.

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

Degun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,665 840 825
Child (0-6) 293 158 135
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.37 % 54.40 % 54.35 %
Total Workers 360 346 14
Main Worker 226 - -
Marginal Worker 134 127 7

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Degun village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 62.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.