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Pirchak Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Pirchak is a medium size village located in Chandrakona - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 377 families residing. The Pirchak village has population of 1632 of which 830 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pirchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 11.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pirchak village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pirchak as per census is 1022, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pirchak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pirchak village was 83.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pirchak Male literacy stands at 86.59 % while female literacy rate was 79.38 %.

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

Pirchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 377 - -
Population 1,632 830 802
Child (0-6) 186 92 94
Schedule Caste 236 115 121
Schedule Tribe 17 10 7
Literacy 83.06 % 86.59 % 79.38 %
Total Workers 776 516 260
Main Worker 734 - -
Marginal Worker 42 17 25

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.46 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.04 % of total population in Pirchak village.

Work Profile

In Pirchak village out of total population, 776 were engaged in work activities. 94.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 776 workers engaged in Main Work, 237 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 230 were Agricultural labourer.