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Dara Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dara is a medium size village located in Bhangar - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 256 families residing. The Dara village has population of 1269 of which 660 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dara village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 12.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dara village is 923 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dara as per census is 1013, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dara village was 68.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dara Male literacy stands at 75.99 % while female literacy rate was 60.26 %.

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

Dara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,269 660 609
Child (0-6) 155 77 78
Schedule Caste 620 337 283
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.49 % 75.99 % 60.26 %
Total Workers 400 370 30
Main Worker 373 - -
Marginal Worker 27 14 13

Caste Factor

In Dara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.86 % of total population in Dara village. The village Dara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dara village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 93.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.