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Sekhpur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Sekhpur is a medium size village located in Mathurapur - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 187 families residing. The Sekhpur village has population of 850 of which 447 are males while 403 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 8.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sekhpur village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sekhpur as per census is 973, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sekhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sekhpur village was 85.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sekhpur Male literacy stands at 96.34 % while female literacy rate was 74.11 %.

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

Sekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 850 447 403
Child (0-6) 73 37 36
Schedule Caste 841 444 397
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.84 % 96.34 % 74.11 %
Total Workers 289 260 29
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 103 90 13

Caste Factor

In Sekhpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.94 % of total population in Sekhpur village. The village Sekhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sekhpur village out of total population, 289 were engaged in work activities. 64.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 289 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.