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Shuknash Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shuknash is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 52 families residing. The Shuknash village has population of 308 of which 164 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shuknash village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 18.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shuknash village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shuknash as per census is 1240, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shuknash village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shuknash village was 90.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shuknash Male literacy stands at 94.24 % while female literacy rate was 86.73 %.

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

Shuknash Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 308 164 144
Child (0-6) 56 25 31
Schedule Caste 305 164 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.87 % 94.24 % 86.73 %
Total Workers 99 91 8
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 7 0 7

Caste Factor

In Shuknash village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.03 % of total population in Shuknash village. The village Shuknash currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shuknash village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 92.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.