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Kathapara Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Kathapara is a large village located in Dhupguri Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 701 families residing. The Kathapara village has population of 3111 of which 1601 are males while 1510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kathapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 341 which makes up 10.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kathapara village is 943 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kathapara as per census is 863, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kathapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kathapara village was 74.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kathapara Male literacy stands at 81.38 % while female literacy rate was 67.60 %.

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

Kathapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 701 - -
Population 3,111 1,601 1,510
Child (0-6) 341 183 158
Schedule Caste 1,883 964 919
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.66 % 81.38 % 67.60 %
Total Workers 1,175 912 263
Main Worker 782 - -
Marginal Worker 393 251 142

Caste Factor

In Kathapara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.53 % of total population in Kathapara village. The village Kathapara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kathapara village out of total population, 1175 were engaged in work activities. 66.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1175 workers engaged in Main Work, 207 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 412 were Agricultural labourer.