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Saikuli Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Saikuli is a medium size village located in Murshidabad Jiaganj Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 253 families residing. The Saikuli village has population of 1053 of which 550 are males while 503 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Saikuli village population of children with age 0-6 is 119 which makes up 11.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Saikuli village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Saikuli as per census is 1479, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Saikuli village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Saikuli village was 65.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Saikuli Male literacy stands at 70.12 % while female literacy rate was 59.49 %.

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

Saikuli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,053 550 503
Child (0-6) 119 48 71
Schedule Caste 132 68 64
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.20 % 70.12 % 59.49 %
Total Workers 348 313 35
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 70 46 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.54 % of total population in Saikuli village. The village Saikuli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Saikuli village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 79.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.