Paharpur Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Paharpur is a medium size village located in Patrasayer Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Paharpur village has population of 542 of which 274 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharpur village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharpur as per census is 939, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paharpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharpur village was 68.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paharpur Male literacy stands at 76.35 % while female literacy rate was 60.76 %.

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

Paharpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	542	274	268
Child (0-6)	64	33	31
Schedule Caste	199	101	98
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.62 %	76.35 %	60.76 %
Total Workers	227	169	58
Main Worker	131	-	-
Marginal Worker	96	41	55

Caste Factor

In Paharpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.72 % of total population in Paharpur village. The village Paharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharpur village out of total population, 227 were engaged in work activities. 57.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 227 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.