Alankar Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Alankar is a medium size village located in Sagardighi Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 164 families residing. The Alankar village has population of 692 of which 355 are males while 337 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alankar village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Alankar as per census is 756, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Alankar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Alankar village was 62.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Alankar Male literacy stands at 68.79 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Alankar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	164	-	-
Population	692	355	337
Child (0-6)	72	41	31
Schedule Caste	319	169	150
Schedule Tribe	289	145	144
Literacy	62.26 %	68.79 %	55.56 %
Total Workers	360	208	152
Main Worker	163	-	-
Marginal Worker	197	66	131

Caste Factor

In Alankar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.10 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 41.76 % of total population in Alankar village.

Work Profile

In Alankar village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 45.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.