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Raktia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Raktia is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 64 families residing. The Raktia village has population of 286 of which 149 are males while 137 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raktia village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 8.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raktia village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raktia as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Raktia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raktia village was 91.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raktia Male literacy stands at 95.52 % while female literacy rate was 86.61 %.

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

Raktia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 286 149 137
Child (0-6) 25 15 10
Schedule Caste 35 18 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.19 % 95.52 % 86.61 %
Total Workers 76 73 3
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 53 51 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.24 % of total population in Raktia village. The village Raktia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raktia village out of total population, 76 were engaged in work activities. 30.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 76 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.