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Atal Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Atal is a medium size village located in Naxalbari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 335 families residing. The Atal village has population of 1487 of which 754 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Atal village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Atal village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Atal as per census is 952, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Atal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Atal village was 62.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Atal Male literacy stands at 75.08 % while female literacy rate was 50.47 %.

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

Atal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,487 754 733
Child (0-6) 203 104 99
Schedule Caste 180 99 81
Schedule Tribe 567 286 281
Literacy 62.93 % 75.08 % 50.47 %
Total Workers 725 422 303
Main Worker 441 - -
Marginal Worker 284 126 158

Caste Factor

In Atal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.10 % of total population in Atal village.

Work Profile

In Atal village out of total population, 725 were engaged in work activities. 60.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 725 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.