Kasturia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kasturia is a small village located in Sankrail Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 34 families residing. The Kasturia village has population of 157 of which 83 are males while 74 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kasturia village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kasturia village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kasturia as per census is 350, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kasturia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kasturia village was 53.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kasturia Male literacy stands at 61.90 % while female literacy rate was 46.27 %.

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

Kasturia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	157	83	74
Child (0-6)	27	20	7
Schedule Caste	112	57	55
Schedule Tribe	14	9	5
Literacy	53.85 %	61.90 %	46.27 %
Total Workers	48	45	3
Main Worker	46	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Kasturia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.34 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.92 % of total population in Kasturia village.

Work Profile

In Kasturia village out of total population, 48 were engaged in work activities. 95.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 48 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.