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Apalchand Forest Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Apalchand Forest is a medium size village located in Mal Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 384 families residing. The Apalchand Forest village has population of 1928 of which 1023 are males while 905 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Apalchand Forest village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 14.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Apalchand Forest village is 885 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Apalchand Forest as per census is 810, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Apalchand Forest village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Apalchand Forest village was 61.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Apalchand Forest Male literacy stands at 69.20 % while female literacy rate was 53.91 %.

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

Apalchand Forest Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 384 - -
Population 1,928 1,023 905
Child (0-6) 277 153 124
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 1,793 952 841
Literacy 61.96 % 69.20 % 53.91 %
Total Workers 873 561 312
Main Worker 429 - -
Marginal Worker 444 180 264

Caste Factor

In Apalchand Forest village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.00 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Apalchand Forest village.

Work Profile

In Apalchand Forest village out of total population, 873 were engaged in work activities. 49.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 873 workers engaged in Main Work, 328 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.