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Namal Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Namal is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 99 families residing. The Namal village has population of 476 of which 247 are males while 229 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Namal village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 14.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Namal village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Namal as per census is 865, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Namal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Namal village was 78.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Namal Male literacy stands at 85.71 % while female literacy rate was 70.56 %.

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

Namal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 476 247 229
Child (0-6) 69 37 32
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.38 % 85.71 % 70.56 %
Total Workers 180 137 43
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 146 124 22

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Namal village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Namal village out of total population, 180 were engaged in work activities. 18.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 180 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.