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Pankhai Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Pankhai is a medium size village located in Jaypur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 321 families residing. The Pankhai village has population of 1504 of which 785 are males while 719 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pankhai village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 8.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pankhai village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pankhai as per census is 868, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pankhai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pankhai village was 69.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pankhai Male literacy stands at 76.57 % while female literacy rate was 61.06 %.

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

Pankhai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 321 - -
Population 1,504 785 719
Child (0-6) 127 68 59
Schedule Caste 815 419 396
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.14 % 76.57 % 61.06 %
Total Workers 648 457 191
Main Worker 358 - -
Marginal Worker 290 132 158

Caste Factor

In Pankhai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.19 % of total population in Pankhai village. The village Pankhai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pankhai village out of total population, 648 were engaged in work activities. 55.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 648 workers engaged in Main Work, 161 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 156 were Agricultural labourer.