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Marra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Marra is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 108 families residing. The Marra village has population of 490 of which 264 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marra village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 9.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marra village is 856 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Marra as per census is 586, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Marra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Marra village was 97.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Marra Male literacy stands at 99.57 % while female literacy rate was 94.26 %.

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

Marra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 490 264 226
Child (0-6) 46 29 17
Schedule Caste 126 62 64
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 97.07 % 99.57 % 94.26 %
Total Workers 234 158 76
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 155 84 71

Caste Factor

Marra village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.71 % of total population in Marra village. The village Marra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Marra village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 33.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.