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Dapang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dapang is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 115 families residing. The Dapang village has population of 608 of which 313 are males while 295 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dapang village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 11.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dapang village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dapang as per census is 1118, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dapang village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dapang village was 76.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dapang Male literacy stands at 89.61 % while female literacy rate was 62.65 %.

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

Dapang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 608 313 295
Child (0-6) 72 34 38
Schedule Caste 95 47 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.68 % 89.61 % 62.65 %
Total Workers 367 186 181
Main Worker 177 - -
Marginal Worker 190 63 127

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.63 % of total population in Dapang village. The village Dapang currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dapang village out of total population, 367 were engaged in work activities. 48.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 367 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.