Panchahar Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Panchahar is a medium size village located in Murarai - II Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 369 families residing. The Panchahar village has population of 1578 of which 792 are males while 786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panchahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 13.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panchahar village is 992 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Panchahar as per census is 1355, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Panchahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Panchahar village was 53.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Panchahar Male literacy stands at 57.51 % while female literacy rate was 49.55 %.

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

Panchahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	369	-	-
Population	1,578	792	786
Child (0-6)	219	93	126
Schedule Caste	595	305	290
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	53.64 %	57.51 %	49.55 %
Total Workers	577	456	121
Main Worker	511	-	-
Marginal Worker	66	21	45

Caste Factor

In Panchahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.71 % of total population in Panchahar village. The village Panchahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Panchahar village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 88.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 361 were Agricultural labourer.