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Payan Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Payan is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 209 families residing. The Payan village has population of 927 of which 489 are males while 438 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payan village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payan village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Payan as per census is 1043, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Payan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Payan village was 69.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Payan Male literacy stands at 77.65 % while female literacy rate was 60.77 %.

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

Payan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 927 489 438
Child (0-6) 94 46 48
Schedule Caste 761 401 360
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.75 % 77.65 % 60.77 %
Total Workers 401 331 70
Main Worker 322 - -
Marginal Worker 79 23 56

Caste Factor

In Payan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.09 % of total population in Payan village. The village Payan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Payan village out of total population, 401 were engaged in work activities. 80.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 401 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 273 were Agricultural labourer.