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Dokanda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dokanda is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 301 families residing. The Dokanda village has population of 1267 of which 642 are males while 625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dokanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 9.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dokanda village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dokanda as per census is 1069, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dokanda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dokanda village was 90.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dokanda Male literacy stands at 94.69 % while female literacy rate was 85.26 %.

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

Dokanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,267 642 625
Child (0-6) 120 58 62
Schedule Caste 42 21 21
Schedule Tribe 16 7 9
Literacy 90.06 % 94.69 % 85.26 %
Total Workers 615 403 212
Main Worker 283 - -
Marginal Worker 332 141 191

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.26 % of total population in Dokanda village.

Work Profile

In Dokanda village out of total population, 615 were engaged in work activities. 46.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 615 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.