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Janadighi Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Janadighi is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 238 families residing. The Janadighi village has population of 1072 of which 548 are males while 524 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Janadighi village population of children with age 0-6 is 122 which makes up 11.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Janadighi village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Janadighi as per census is 848, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Janadighi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Janadighi village was 88.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Janadighi Male literacy stands at 93.57 % while female literacy rate was 83.55 %.

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

Janadighi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,072 548 524
Child (0-6) 122 66 56
Schedule Caste 232 119 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.63 % 93.57 % 83.55 %
Total Workers 327 296 31
Main Worker 138 - -
Marginal Worker 189 181 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.64 % of total population in Janadighi village. The village Janadighi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Janadighi village out of total population, 327 were engaged in work activities. 42.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 327 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.