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Petari Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Petari is a medium size village located in Burwan Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 252 families residing. The Petari village has population of 1111 of which 583 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petari village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 10.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petari village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Petari as per census is 855, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Petari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Petari village was 77.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Petari Male literacy stands at 83.69 % while female literacy rate was 70.32 %.

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

Petari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 252 - -
Population 1,111 583 528
Child (0-6) 115 62 53
Schedule Caste 382 206 176
Schedule Tribe 35 21 14
Literacy 77.31 % 83.69 % 70.32 %
Total Workers 586 387 199
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 287 141 146

Caste Factor

Petari village of Murshidabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.15 % of total population in Petari village.

Work Profile

In Petari village out of total population, 586 were engaged in work activities. 51.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 586 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.