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Piajpokhar Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Piajpokhar is a medium size village located in Chopra Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 224 families residing. The Piajpokhar village has population of 1193 of which 618 are males while 575 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piajpokhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 20.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piajpokhar village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Piajpokhar as per census is 921, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Piajpokhar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Piajpokhar village was 54.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Piajpokhar Male literacy stands at 62.80 % while female literacy rate was 45.10 %.

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

Piajpokhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 224 - -
Population 1,193 618 575
Child (0-6) 242 126 116
Schedule Caste 69 38 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.26 % 62.80 % 45.10 %
Total Workers 336 248 88
Main Worker 123 - -
Marginal Worker 213 135 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.78 % of total population in Piajpokhar village. The village Piajpokhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Piajpokhar village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 36.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 84 were Agricultural labourer.