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Namakanda Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Namakanda is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 139 families residing. The Namakanda village has population of 583 of which 301 are males while 282 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Namakanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 8.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Namakanda village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Namakanda as per census is 1136, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Namakanda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Namakanda village was 90.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Namakanda Male literacy stands at 95.70 % while female literacy rate was 85.60 %.

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

Namakanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 583 301 282
Child (0-6) 47 22 25
Schedule Caste 578 298 280
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.86 % 95.70 % 85.60 %
Total Workers 248 201 47
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 62 23 39

Caste Factor

In Namakanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.14 % of total population in Namakanda village. The village Namakanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Namakanda village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 75.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.