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Dostina Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Dostina is a medium size village located in Bhagawangola - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 372 families residing. The Dostina village has population of 1631 of which 838 are males while 793 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dostina village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 11.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dostina village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dostina as per census is 1066, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dostina village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dostina village was 78.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dostina Male literacy stands at 79.92 % while female literacy rate was 77.16 %.

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

Dostina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,631 838 793
Child (0-6) 188 91 97
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.59 % 79.92 % 77.16 %
Total Workers 536 457 79
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 83 43 40

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Dostina village of Murshidabad district.

Work Profile

In Dostina village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 84.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 171 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.