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Pawakhali Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Pawakhali is a medium size village located in Chopra Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 270 families residing. The Pawakhali village has population of 1458 of which 741 are males while 717 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pawakhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 305 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pawakhali village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pawakhali as per census is 1007, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pawakhali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pawakhali village was 59.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pawakhali Male literacy stands at 70.29 % while female literacy rate was 48.58 %.

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

Pawakhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,458 741 717
Child (0-6) 305 152 153
Schedule Caste 173 102 71
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.67 % 70.29 % 48.58 %
Total Workers 396 314 82
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 95 50 45

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.87 % of total population in Pawakhali village. The village Pawakhali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pawakhali village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 76.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.