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Fakirganja Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Fakirganja is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 279 families residing. The Fakirganja village has population of 1270 of which 665 are males while 605 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Fakirganja village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 10.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Fakirganja village is 910 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Fakirganja as per census is 1148, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Fakirganja village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Fakirganja village was 93.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Fakirganja Male literacy stands at 97.85 % while female literacy rate was 88.22 %.

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

Fakirganja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,270 665 605
Child (0-6) 131 61 70
Schedule Caste 294 150 144
Schedule Tribe 3 1 2
Literacy 93.33 % 97.85 % 88.22 %
Total Workers 716 421 295
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 371 154 217

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.24 % of total population in Fakirganja village.

Work Profile

In Fakirganja village out of total population, 716 were engaged in work activities. 48.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 716 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.