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Shanka Diha Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shanka Diha is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Shanka Diha village has population of 677 of which 364 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shanka Diha village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shanka Diha village is 860 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shanka Diha as per census is 595, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shanka Diha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shanka Diha village was 95.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shanka Diha Male literacy stands at 97.52 % while female literacy rate was 93.75 %.

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

Shanka Diha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 158 - -
Population 677 364 313
Child (0-6) 67 42 25
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.74 % 97.52 % 93.75 %
Total Workers 309 196 113
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 258 149 109

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shanka Diha village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Shanka Diha village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 16.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.