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Dakshin Shitala Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dakshin Shitala is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 307 families residing. The Dakshin Shitala village has population of 1605 of which 833 are males while 772 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshin Shitala village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Shitala village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshin Shitala as per census is 863, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshin Shitala village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshin Shitala village was 91.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshin Shitala Male literacy stands at 95.53 % while female literacy rate was 87.45 %.

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

Dakshin Shitala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 307 - -
Population 1,605 833 772
Child (0-6) 136 73 63
Schedule Caste 443 236 207
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.63 % 95.53 % 87.45 %
Total Workers 513 484 29
Main Worker 364 - -
Marginal Worker 149 139 10

Caste Factor

Dakshin Shitala village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.60 % of total population in Dakshin Shitala village. The village Dakshin Shitala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakshin Shitala village out of total population, 513 were engaged in work activities. 70.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 513 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 225 were Agricultural labourer.