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Rain Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Rain is a large village located in Kolaghat Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1060 families residing. The Rain village has population of 5329 of which 2740 are males while 2589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rain village population of children with age 0-6 is 563 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rain village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rain as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rain village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rain village was 86.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rain Male literacy stands at 92.95 % while female literacy rate was 80.15 %.

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

Rain Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,060 - -
Population 5,329 2,740 2,589
Child (0-6) 563 302 261
Schedule Caste 478 247 231
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.70 % 92.95 % 80.15 %
Total Workers 1,731 1,577 154
Main Worker 837 - -
Marginal Worker 894 808 86

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.97 % of total population in Rain village. The village Rain currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rain village out of total population, 1731 were engaged in work activities. 48.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1731 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.