Elani Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Elani is a small village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 30 families residing. The Elani village has population of 137 of which 74 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Elani village population of children with age 0-6 is 12 which makes up 8.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Elani village is 851 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Elani as per census is 714, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Elani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Elani village was 64.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Elani Male literacy stands at 77.61 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Elani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	30	-	-
Population	137	74	63
Child (0-6)	12	7	5
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	107	58	49
Literacy	64.80 %	77.61 %	50.00 %
Total Workers	36	17	19
Main Worker	24	-	-
Marginal Worker	12	6	6

Caste Factor

In Elani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.10 % of total population in Elani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Elani village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Elani village out of total population, 36 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 36 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.