Arashini Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Arashini is a large village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 492 families residing. The Arashini village has population of 2029 of which 1031 are males while 998 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arashini village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arashini village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Arashini as per census is 868, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Arashini village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Arashini village was 59.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Arashini Male literacy stands at 66.37 % while female literacy rate was 53.18 %.

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

Arashini Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	492	-	-
Population	2,029	1,031	998
Child (0-6)	254	136	118
Schedule Caste	556	282	274
Schedule Tribe	927	465	462
Literacy	59.83 %	66.37 %	53.18 %
Total Workers	911	620	291
Main Worker	694	-	-
Marginal Worker	217	124	93

Caste Factor

In Arashini village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.40 % of total population in Arashini village.

Work Profile

In Arashini village out of total population, 911 were engaged in work activities. 76.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 911 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 300 were Agricultural labourer.