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Panahar Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Panahar is a medium size village located in Kotulpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 237 families residing. The Panahar village has population of 1104 of which 552 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panahar village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Panahar as per census is 1045, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Panahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Panahar village was 69.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Panahar Male literacy stands at 77.73 % while female literacy rate was 61.41 %.

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

Panahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,104 552 552
Child (0-6) 137 67 70
Schedule Caste 594 305 289
Schedule Tribe 65 30 35
Literacy 69.60 % 77.73 % 61.41 %
Total Workers 328 304 24
Main Worker 320 - -
Marginal Worker 8 7 1

Caste Factor

In Panahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.89 % of total population in Panahar village.

Work Profile

In Panahar village out of total population, 328 were engaged in work activities. 97.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 328 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.