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Dattakaya Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Dattakaya is a medium size village located in Nalhati - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 152 families residing. The Dattakaya village has population of 589 of which 286 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dattakaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 11.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dattakaya village is 1059 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dattakaya as per census is 1091, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dattakaya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dattakaya village was 88.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dattakaya Male literacy stands at 94.07 % while female literacy rate was 83.52 %.

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

Dattakaya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 589 286 303
Child (0-6) 69 33 36
Schedule Caste 560 272 288
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.65 % 94.07 % 83.52 %
Total Workers 251 171 80
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 96 31 65

Caste Factor

In Dattakaya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 95.08 % of total population in Dattakaya village. The village Dattakaya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dattakaya village out of total population, 251 were engaged in work activities. 61.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 251 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.