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Rakhaban Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Rakhaban is a medium size village located in Garbeta - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Rakhaban village has population of 573 of which 301 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakhaban village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 9.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakhaban village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakhaban as per census is 1080, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Rakhaban village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakhaban village was 73.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rakhaban Male literacy stands at 80.07 % while female literacy rate was 65.31 %.

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

Rakhaban Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 573 301 272
Child (0-6) 52 25 27
Schedule Caste 197 99 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.13 % 80.07 % 65.31 %
Total Workers 242 174 68
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 73 30 43

Caste Factor

Rakhaban village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.38 % of total population in Rakhaban village. The village Rakhaban currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rakhaban village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 69.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.