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Rekha Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Rekha is a medium size village located in Diamond Harbour - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 191 families residing. The Rekha village has population of 856 of which 448 are males while 408 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rekha village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rekha village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rekha as per census is 590, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rekha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rekha village was 76.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rekha Male literacy stands at 81.40 % while female literacy rate was 72.04 %.

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

Rekha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 856 448 408
Child (0-6) 97 61 36
Schedule Caste 482 248 234
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.81 % 81.40 % 72.04 %
Total Workers 331 246 85
Main Worker 231 - -
Marginal Worker 100 47 53

Caste Factor

In Rekha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.31 % of total population in Rekha village. The village Rekha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rekha village out of total population, 331 were engaged in work activities. 69.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 331 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.