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Sahara Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sahara is a medium size village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 482 families residing. The Sahara village has population of 1872 of which 950 are males while 922 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahara village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahara as per census is 836, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahara village was 69.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sahara Male literacy stands at 80.54 % while female literacy rate was 59.14 %.

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

Sahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 482 - -
Population 1,872 950 922
Child (0-6) 235 128 107
Schedule Caste 302 157 145
Schedule Tribe 637 312 325
Literacy 69.88 % 80.54 % 59.14 %
Total Workers 1,139 605 534
Main Worker 520 - -
Marginal Worker 619 315 304

Caste Factor

Sahara village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 34.03 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.13 % of total population in Sahara village.

Work Profile

In Sahara village out of total population, 1139 were engaged in work activities. 45.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1139 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 429 were Agricultural labourer.