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Kakra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kakra is a large village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1179 families residing. The Kakra village has population of 4887 of which 2545 are males while 2342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kakra village population of children with age 0-6 is 582 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kakra village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kakra as per census is 934, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kakra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kakra village was 89.62 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kakra Male literacy stands at 92.38 % while female literacy rate was 86.61 %.

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

Kakra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,179 - -
Population 4,887 2,545 2,342
Child (0-6) 582 301 281
Schedule Caste 150 69 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.62 % 92.38 % 86.61 %
Total Workers 1,731 1,474 257
Main Worker 368 - -
Marginal Worker 1,363 1,136 227

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.07 % of total population in Kakra village. The village Kakra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kakra village out of total population, 1731 were engaged in work activities. 21.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1731 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.