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Polba Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Polba is a large village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 1596 families residing. The Polba village has population of 6626 of which 3333 are males while 3293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Polba village population of children with age 0-6 is 628 which makes up 9.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Polba village is 988 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Polba as per census is 853, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Polba village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Polba village was 77.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Polba Male literacy stands at 84.03 % while female literacy rate was 70.81 %.

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

Polba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,596 - -
Population 6,626 3,333 3,293
Child (0-6) 628 339 289
Schedule Caste 2,199 1,108 1,091
Schedule Tribe 1,101 519 582
Literacy 77.41 % 84.03 % 70.81 %
Total Workers 3,254 2,136 1,118
Main Worker 2,515 - -
Marginal Worker 739 284 455

Caste Factor

Polba village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.62 % of total population in Polba village.

Work Profile

In Polba village out of total population, 3254 were engaged in work activities. 77.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3254 workers engaged in Main Work, 311 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1435 were Agricultural labourer.