Sijua Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Sijua is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 91 families residing. The Sijua village has population of 410 of which 213 are males while 197 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sijua village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 13.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sijua village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sijua as per census is 697, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sijua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sijua village was 51.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sijua Male literacy stands at 62.78 % while female literacy rate was 40.80 %.

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

Sijua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	410	213	197
Child (0-6)	56	33	23
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	220	113	107
Literacy	51.98 %	62.78 %	40.80 %
Total Workers	156	106	50
Main Worker	33	-	-
Marginal Worker	123	88	35

Caste Factor

In Sijua village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.66 % of total population in Sijua village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sijua village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Sijua village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 21.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.