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Bentangar Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Bentangar is a medium size village located in Bandgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 47 families residing. The Bentangar village has population of 240 of which 122 are males while 118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bentangar village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 19.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bentangar village is 967 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bentangar as per census is 741, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bentangar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bentangar village was 38.34 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bentangar Male literacy stands at 50.53 % while female literacy rate was 26.53 %.

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

Bentangar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 240 122 118
Child (0-6) 47 27 20
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 220 112 108
Literacy 38.34 % 50.53 % 26.53 %
Total Workers 119 56 63
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 88 32 56

Caste Factor

In Bentangar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.67 % of total population in Bentangar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bentangar village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Bentangar village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 26.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.