Arma Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Arma is a medium size village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 79 families residing. The Arma village has population of 318 of which 154 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arma village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 13.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arma village is 1065 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Arma as per census is 1100, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Arma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Arma village was 65.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Arma Male literacy stands at 72.39 % while female literacy rate was 59.15 %.

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

Arma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	79	-	-
Population	318	154	164
Child (0-6)	42	20	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	316	153	163
Literacy	65.58 %	72.39 %	59.15 %
Total Workers	173	91	82
Main Worker	96	-	-
Marginal Worker	77	16	61

Caste Factor

In Arma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.37 % of total population in Arma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Arma village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Arma village out of total population, 173 were engaged in work activities. 55.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 173 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.