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Layekpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Layekpur is a medium size village located in Mayureswar - I Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 150 families residing. The Layekpur village has population of 609 of which 314 are males while 295 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Layekpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Layekpur village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Layekpur as per census is 1194, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Layekpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Layekpur village was 75.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Layekpur Male literacy stands at 80.21 % while female literacy rate was 69.77 %.

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

Layekpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 609 314 295
Child (0-6) 68 31 37
Schedule Caste 322 174 148
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.23 % 80.21 % 69.77 %
Total Workers 467 241 226
Main Worker 124 - -
Marginal Worker 343 129 214

Caste Factor

In Layekpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.87 % of total population in Layekpur village. The village Layekpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Layekpur village out of total population, 467 were engaged in work activities. 26.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 467 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.