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Penchera Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Penchera is a medium size village located in Goghat - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 142 families residing. The Penchera village has population of 641 of which 334 are males while 307 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penchera village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 11.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penchera village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penchera as per census is 738, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Penchera village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penchera village was 79.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penchera Male literacy stands at 91.44 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Penchera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 641 334 307
Child (0-6) 73 42 31
Schedule Caste 126 65 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.40 % 91.44 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 239 218 21
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.66 % of total population in Penchera village. The village Penchera currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Penchera village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 98.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.