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Penkale Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Penkale is a medium size village located in Chandrakona - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 61 families residing. The Penkale village has population of 259 of which 130 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penkale village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penkale village is 992 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penkale as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Penkale village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penkale village was 82.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penkale Male literacy stands at 88.60 % while female literacy rate was 76.52 %.

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

Penkale Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 259 130 129
Child (0-6) 30 16 14
Schedule Caste 26 14 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.53 % 88.60 % 76.52 %
Total Workers 87 76 11
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 10 3 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.04 % of total population in Penkale village. The village Penkale currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Penkale village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 88.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.