Dandapur Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Dandapur is a medium size village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Dandapur village has population of 497 of which 258 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dandapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 14.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dandapur village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dandapur as per census is 1147, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dandapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dandapur village was 78.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dandapur Male literacy stands at 87.95 % while female literacy rate was 67.50 %.

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

Dandapur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	94	-	-
Population	497	258	239
Child (0-6)	73	34	39
Schedule Caste	195	104	91
Schedule Tribe	81	46	35
Literacy	78.30 %	87.95 %	67.50 %
Total Workers	193	148	45
Main Worker	115	-	-
Marginal Worker	78	44	34

Caste Factor

In Dandapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 16.30 % of total population in Dandapur village.

Work Profile

In Dandapur village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 59.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.