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Arit Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Arit is a large village located in Daspur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 637 families residing. The Arit village has population of 3100 of which 1580 are males while 1520 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arit village population of children with age 0-6 is 347 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arit village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Arit as per census is 876, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Arit village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Arit village was 79.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Arit Male literacy stands at 87.96 % while female literacy rate was 71.28 %.

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

Arit Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 637 - -
Population 3,100 1,580 1,520
Child (0-6) 347 185 162
Schedule Caste 965 486 479
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.73 % 87.96 % 71.28 %
Total Workers 1,161 961 200
Main Worker 949 - -
Marginal Worker 212 127 85

Caste Factor

Arit village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.13 % of total population in Arit village. The village Arit currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arit village out of total population, 1161 were engaged in work activities. 81.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1161 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 283 were Agricultural labourer.