Maniko Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Maniko is a medium size village located in Hilli Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 339 families residing. The Maniko village has population of 1354 of which 712 are males while 642 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maniko village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 8.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maniko village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maniko as per census is 806, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maniko village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maniko village was 76.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maniko Male literacy stands at 83.72 % while female literacy rate was 69.22 %.

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

Maniko Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	339	-	-
Population	1,354	712	642
Child (0-6)	121	67	54
Schedule Caste	434	222	212
Schedule Tribe	647	349	298
Literacy	76.80 %	83.72 %	69.22 %
Total Workers	496	384	112
Main Worker	464	-	-
Marginal Worker	32	21	11

Caste Factor

In Maniko village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 32.05 % of total population in Maniko village.

Work Profile

In Maniko village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 93.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.