Patal Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Patal is a medium size village located in Salanpur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 187 families residing. The Patal village has population of 908 of which 480 are males while 428 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Patal village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 11.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Patal village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Patal as per census is 961, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Patal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Patal village was 74.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Patal Male literacy stands at 83.22 % while female literacy rate was 64.38 %.

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

Patal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	187	-	-
Population	908	480	428
Child (0-6)	100	51	49
Schedule Caste	366	194	172
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.38 %	83.22 %	64.38 %
Total Workers	305	278	27
Main Worker	167	-	-
Marginal Worker	138	122	16

Caste Factor

In Patal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.31 % of total population in Patal village. The village Patal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Patal village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 54.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.