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Irkha Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Irkha is a medium size village located in Nanda Kumar Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 399 families residing. The Irkha village has population of 1754 of which 906 are males while 848 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Irkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 12.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Irkha village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Irkha as per census is 1192, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Irkha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Irkha village was 92.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Irkha Male literacy stands at 96.16 % while female literacy rate was 88.77 %.

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

Irkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 399 - -
Population 1,754 906 848
Child (0-6) 217 99 118
Schedule Caste 17 7 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.65 % 96.16 % 88.77 %
Total Workers 596 527 69
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 280 230 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.97 % of total population in Irkha village. The village Irkha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Irkha village out of total population, 596 were engaged in work activities. 53.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 596 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 217 were Agricultural labourer.