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Handal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Handal is a large village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 549 families residing. The Handal village has population of 2072 of which 1074 are males while 998 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handal village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 10.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handal village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Handal as per census is 871, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Handal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Handal village was 92.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Handal Male literacy stands at 95.72 % while female literacy rate was 88.29 %.

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

Handal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 549 - -
Population 2,072 1,074 998
Child (0-6) 217 116 101
Schedule Caste 68 37 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.13 % 95.72 % 88.29 %
Total Workers 1,135 716 419
Main Worker 567 - -
Marginal Worker 568 234 334

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.28 % of total population in Handal village. The village Handal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handal village out of total population, 1135 were engaged in work activities. 49.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1135 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.