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Dharash Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dharash is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 284 families residing. The Dharash village has population of 1337 of which 692 are males while 645 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dharash village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dharash village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dharash as per census is 916, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dharash village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dharash village was 95.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dharash Male literacy stands at 99.01 % while female literacy rate was 91.04 %.

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

Dharash Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,337 692 645
Child (0-6) 159 83 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.16 % 99.01 % 91.04 %
Total Workers 411 388 23
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 238 221 17

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dharash village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 42.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.