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Himchi Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Himchi is a medium size village located in Mathurapur - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 330 families residing. The Himchi village has population of 1482 of which 763 are males while 719 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Himchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 11.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Himchi village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Himchi as per census is 989, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Himchi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Himchi village was 77.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Himchi Male literacy stands at 86.98 % while female literacy rate was 66.82 %.

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

Himchi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,482 763 719
Child (0-6) 173 87 86
Schedule Caste 1,318 687 631
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.23 % 86.98 % 66.82 %
Total Workers 397 369 28
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 196 187 9

Caste Factor

In Himchi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 88.93 % of total population in Himchi village. The village Himchi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Himchi village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 50.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.