Palaidanga Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palaidanga is a medium size village located in Sankrail Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 159 families residing. The Palaidanga village has population of 693 of which 347 are males while 346 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palaidanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 74 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palaidanga village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palaidanga as per census is 1056, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palaidanga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palaidanga village was 65.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palaidanga Male literacy stands at 79.10 % while female literacy rate was 52.60 %.

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

Palaidanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	159	-	-
Population	693	347	346
Child (0-6)	74	36	38
Schedule Caste	282	146	136
Schedule Tribe	129	68	61
Literacy	65.91 %	79.10 %	52.60 %
Total Workers	352	216	136
Main Worker	218	-	-
Marginal Worker	134	56	78

Caste Factor

In Palaidanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.69 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 18.61 % of total population in Palaidanga village.

Work Profile

In Palaidanga village out of total population, 352 were engaged in work activities. 61.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 352 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 191 were Agricultural labourer.