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Sarbhum Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sarbhum is a small village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 33 families residing. The Sarbhum village has population of 120 of which 67 are males while 53 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarbhum village population of children with age 0-6 is 11 which makes up 9.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarbhum village is 791 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarbhum as per census is 571, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sarbhum village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarbhum village was 55.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sarbhum Male literacy stands at 58.33 % while female literacy rate was 53.06 %.

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

Sarbhum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 33 - -
Population 120 67 53
Child (0-6) 11 7 4
Schedule Caste 109 62 47
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.96 % 58.33 % 53.06 %
Total Workers 39 39 0
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Sarbhum village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.83 % of total population in Sarbhum village. The village Sarbhum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sarbhum village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 97.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.