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Okarsha Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Okarsha is a medium size village located in Katwa - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 449 families residing. The Okarsha village has population of 1795 of which 902 are males while 893 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okarsha village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 11.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okarsha village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Okarsha as per census is 1111, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Okarsha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Okarsha village was 58.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Okarsha Male literacy stands at 61.77 % while female literacy rate was 55.81 %.

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

Okarsha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 449 - -
Population 1,795 902 893
Child (0-6) 209 99 110
Schedule Caste 1,167 600 567
Schedule Tribe 10 6 4
Literacy 58.83 % 61.77 % 55.81 %
Total Workers 775 581 194
Main Worker 507 - -
Marginal Worker 268 101 167

Caste Factor

In Okarsha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.56 % of total population in Okarsha village.

Work Profile

In Okarsha village out of total population, 775 were engaged in work activities. 65.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 775 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.