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Ray Chak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Ray Chak is a medium size village located in Kolaghat Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 278 families residing. The Ray Chak village has population of 1394 of which 707 are males while 687 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ray Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 8.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ray Chak village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ray Chak as per census is 931, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ray Chak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ray Chak village was 85.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ray Chak Male literacy stands at 94.14 % while female literacy rate was 77.57 %.

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

Ray Chak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 278 - -
Population 1,394 707 687
Child (0-6) 112 58 54
Schedule Caste 480 241 239
Schedule Tribe 8 4 4
Literacy 85.96 % 94.14 % 77.57 %
Total Workers 542 471 71
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 59 38 21

Caste Factor

Ray Chak village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.43 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.57 % of total population in Ray Chak village.

Work Profile

In Ray Chak village out of total population, 542 were engaged in work activities. 89.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 542 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.