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Rakona Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Rakona is a medium size village located in Illambazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 336 families residing. The Rakona village has population of 1508 of which 762 are males while 746 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakona village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 13.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakona village is 979 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakona as per census is 952, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rakona village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakona village was 83.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rakona Male literacy stands at 88.60 % while female literacy rate was 77.59 %.

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

Rakona Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 336 - -
Population 1,508 762 746
Child (0-6) 203 104 99
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 23 12 11
Literacy 83.14 % 88.60 % 77.59 %
Total Workers 429 412 17
Main Worker 408 - -
Marginal Worker 21 14 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.53 % of total population in Rakona village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rakona village of Birbhum.

Work Profile

In Rakona village out of total population, 429 were engaged in work activities. 95.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 429 workers engaged in Main Work, 159 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 218 were Agricultural labourer.