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Polanda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Polanda is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 648 families residing. The Polanda village has population of 2983 of which 1576 are males while 1407 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Polanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 10.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Polanda village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Polanda as per census is 862, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Polanda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Polanda village was 85.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Polanda Male literacy stands at 91.16 % while female literacy rate was 78.20 %.

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

Polanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 648 - -
Population 2,983 1,576 1,407
Child (0-6) 324 174 150
Schedule Caste 147 73 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.03 % 91.16 % 78.20 %
Total Workers 1,140 997 143
Main Worker 796 - -
Marginal Worker 344 277 67

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.93 % of total population in Polanda village. The village Polanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Polanda village out of total population, 1140 were engaged in work activities. 69.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1140 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.