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Dandapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dandapur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 79 families residing. The Dandapur village has population of 387 of which 199 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 8.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandapur village is 945 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandapur as per census is 1538, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dandapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandapur village was 80.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dandapur Male literacy stands at 90.32 % while female literacy rate was 69.05 %.

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

Dandapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 387 199 188
Child (0-6) 33 13 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.23 % 90.32 % 69.05 %
Total Workers 237 132 105
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 186 81 105

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dandapur village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 21.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.