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Pankhai Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Pankhai is a large village located in Khejuri - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 873 families residing. The Pankhai village has population of 4269 of which 2162 are males while 2107 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pankhai village population of children with age 0-6 is 594 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pankhai village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pankhai as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pankhai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pankhai village was 83.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pankhai Male literacy stands at 88.90 % while female literacy rate was 77.07 %.

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

Pankhai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 873 - -
Population 4,269 2,162 2,107
Child (0-6) 594 297 297
Schedule Caste 2,702 1,345 1,357
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.07 % 88.90 % 77.07 %
Total Workers 1,584 1,157 427
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 1,028 658 370

Caste Factor

In Pankhai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.29 % of total population in Pankhai village. The village Pankhai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pankhai village out of total population, 1584 were engaged in work activities. 35.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1584 workers engaged in Main Work, 163 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 146 were Agricultural labourer.