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Dakshin Sherpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dakshin Sherpur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 74 families residing. The Dakshin Sherpur village has population of 316 of which 167 are males while 149 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshin Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 9.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Sherpur village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshin Sherpur as per census is 1417, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshin Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshin Sherpur village was 78.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshin Sherpur Male literacy stands at 83.23 % while female literacy rate was 72.73 %.

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

Dakshin Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 316 167 149
Child (0-6) 29 12 17
Schedule Caste 69 37 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.40 % 83.23 % 72.73 %
Total Workers 107 102 5
Main Worker 7 - -
Marginal Worker 100 95 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.84 % of total population in Dakshin Sherpur village. The village Dakshin Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakshin Sherpur village out of total population, 107 were engaged in work activities. 6.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 107 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.