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Penkalia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Penkalia is a medium size village located in Garbeta - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 56 families residing. The Penkalia village has population of 303 of which 145 are males while 158 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penkalia village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 14.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penkalia village is 1090 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penkalia as per census is 1688, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Penkalia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penkalia village was 65.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penkalia Male literacy stands at 76.74 % while female literacy rate was 54.96 %.

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

Penkalia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 303 145 158
Child (0-6) 43 16 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.77 % 76.74 % 54.96 %
Total Workers 149 99 50
Main Worker 86 - -
Marginal Worker 63 16 47

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Penkalia village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Penkalia village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 57.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.