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Dakol Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Dakol is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 62 families residing. The Dakol village has population of 286 of which 146 are males while 140 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakol village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 22.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakol village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakol as per census is 939, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakol village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakol village was 58.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakol Male literacy stands at 69.91 % while female literacy rate was 46.79 %.

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

Dakol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 62 - -
Population 286 146 140
Child (0-6) 64 33 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 32 17 15
Literacy 58.56 % 69.91 % 46.79 %
Total Workers 80 71 9
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.19 % of total population in Dakol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dakol village of Maldah.

Work Profile

In Dakol village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 97.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.