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Paranganj Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Paranganj is a medium size village located in Faridpur Durgapur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 235 families residing. The Paranganj village has population of 1044 of which 530 are males while 514 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paranganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 10.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paranganj village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paranganj as per census is 964, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Paranganj village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paranganj village was 80.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paranganj Male literacy stands at 93.67 % while female literacy rate was 67.83 %.

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

Paranganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,044 530 514
Child (0-6) 110 56 54
Schedule Caste 436 220 216
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.94 % 93.67 % 67.83 %
Total Workers 415 349 66
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 30 15 15

Caste Factor

In Paranganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.76 % of total population in Paranganj village. The village Paranganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paranganj village out of total population, 415 were engaged in work activities. 92.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 415 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.