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Dahatmal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Dahatmal is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 173 families residing. The Dahatmal village has population of 878 of which 434 are males while 444 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dahatmal village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dahatmal village is 1023 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dahatmal as per census is 1119, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dahatmal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dahatmal village was 86.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dahatmal Male literacy stands at 88.01 % while female literacy rate was 85.14 %.

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

Dahatmal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 173 - -
Population 878 434 444
Child (0-6) 89 42 47
Schedule Caste 53 27 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.57 % 88.01 % 85.14 %
Total Workers 540 291 249
Main Worker 206 - -
Marginal Worker 334 128 206

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.04 % of total population in Dahatmal village. The village Dahatmal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dahatmal village out of total population, 540 were engaged in work activities. 38.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 540 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.