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Nachan Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Nachan is a medium size village located in Faridpur Durgapur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 198 families residing. The Nachan village has population of 917 of which 479 are males while 438 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nachan village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 10.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nachan village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nachan as per census is 768, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nachan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nachan village was 85.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nachan Male literacy stands at 91.25 % while female literacy rate was 79.49 %.

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

Nachan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 917 479 438
Child (0-6) 99 56 43
Schedule Caste 217 108 109
Schedule Tribe 85 45 40
Literacy 85.57 % 91.25 % 79.49 %
Total Workers 305 259 46
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 89 73 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.66 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.27 % of total population in Nachan village.

Work Profile

In Nachan village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 70.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.