Baksa Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Baksa is a medium size village located in Nayagram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Baksa village has population of 467 of which 221 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baksa village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 14.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baksa village is 1113 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Baksa as per census is 1913, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Baksa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Baksa village was 59.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Baksa Male literacy stands at 71.72 % while female literacy rate was 47.52 %.

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

Baksa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	105	-	-
Population	467	221	246
Child (0-6)	67	23	44
Schedule Caste	48	15	33
Schedule Tribe	370	180	190
Literacy	59.50 %	71.72 %	47.52 %
Total Workers	262	130	132
Main Worker	156	-	-
Marginal Worker	106	4	102

Caste Factor

In Baksa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.23 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.28 % of total population in Baksa village.

Work Profile

In Baksa village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 59.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.