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Shirsha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Shirsha is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 135 families residing. The Shirsha village has population of 611 of which 313 are males while 298 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shirsha village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 9.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shirsha village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shirsha as per census is 1069, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Shirsha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shirsha village was 89.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shirsha Male literacy stands at 94.37 % while female literacy rate was 83.52 %.

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

Shirsha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 135 - -
Population 611 313 298
Child (0-6) 60 29 31
Schedule Caste 33 21 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.11 % 94.37 % 83.52 %
Total Workers 206 184 22
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.40 % of total population in Shirsha village. The village Shirsha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shirsha village out of total population, 206 were engaged in work activities. 93.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 206 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.