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Shijua Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shijua is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 129 families residing. The Shijua village has population of 595 of which 302 are males while 293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shijua village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 10.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shijua village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shijua as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shijua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shijua village was 76.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shijua Male literacy stands at 86.47 % while female literacy rate was 66.04 %.

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

Shijua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 595 302 293
Child (0-6) 64 36 28
Schedule Caste 148 72 76
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 76.27 % 86.47 % 66.04 %
Total Workers 181 166 15
Main Worker 96 - -
Marginal Worker 85 77 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.87 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Shijua village.

Work Profile

In Shijua village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 53.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.