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Potapara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Potapara is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 54 families residing. The Potapara village has population of 239 of which 111 are males while 128 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potapara village is 1153 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Potapara as per census is 909, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Potapara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Potapara village was 87.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Potapara Male literacy stands at 95.00 % while female literacy rate was 81.36 %.

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

Potapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 54 - -
Population 239 111 128
Child (0-6) 21 11 10
Schedule Caste 66 31 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.61 % 95.00 % 81.36 %
Total Workers 60 56 4
Main Worker 52 - -
Marginal Worker 8 6 2

Caste Factor

Potapara village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.62 % of total population in Potapara village. The village Potapara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Potapara village out of total population, 60 were engaged in work activities. 86.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 60 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.