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Prasadchak Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Prasadchak is a medium size village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 131 families residing. The Prasadchak village has population of 640 of which 334 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Prasadchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 10.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Prasadchak village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Prasadchak as per census is 1156, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Prasadchak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Prasadchak village was 89.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Prasadchak Male literacy stands at 95.36 % while female literacy rate was 82.90 %.

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

Prasadchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 131 - -
Population 640 334 306
Child (0-6) 69 32 37
Schedule Caste 345 185 160
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.49 % 95.36 % 82.90 %
Total Workers 367 197 170
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 170 6 164

Caste Factor

In Prasadchak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.91 % of total population in Prasadchak village. The village Prasadchak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Prasadchak village out of total population, 367 were engaged in work activities. 53.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 367 workers engaged in Main Work, 187 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.