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Dewan Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dewan is a medium size village located in Garbeta - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 295 families residing. The Dewan village has population of 1534 of which 792 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewan village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 13.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewan village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewan as per census is 805, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dewan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewan village was 73.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dewan Male literacy stands at 80.71 % while female literacy rate was 66.82 %.

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

Dewan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,534 792 742
Child (0-6) 204 113 91
Schedule Caste 64 35 29
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.91 % 80.71 % 66.82 %
Total Workers 453 436 17
Main Worker 416 - -
Marginal Worker 37 34 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.17 % of total population in Dewan village. The village Dewan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewan village out of total population, 453 were engaged in work activities. 91.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 453 workers engaged in Main Work, 250 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.