Darkhola Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Darkhola is a medium size village located in Garbeta - III Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Darkhola village has population of 568 of which 288 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darkhola village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darkhola village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Darkhola as per census is 867, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Darkhola village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Darkhola village was 78.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Darkhola Male literacy stands at 87.60 % while female literacy rate was 68.90 %.

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

Darkhola Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	126	-	-
Population	568	288	280
Child (0-6)	56	30	26
Schedule Caste	213	105	108
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.32 %	87.60 %	68.90 %
Total Workers	361	185	176
Main Worker	169	-	-
Marginal Worker	192	29	163

Caste Factor

In Darkhola village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.50 % of total population in Darkhola village. The village Darkhola currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Darkhola village out of total population, 361 were engaged in work activities. 46.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.