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Porsha Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Porsha is a medium size village located in Itahar Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 468 families residing. The Porsha village has population of 1997 of which 1043 are males while 954 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porsha village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 11.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porsha village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Porsha as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Porsha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Porsha village was 72.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Porsha Male literacy stands at 78.29 % while female literacy rate was 66.47 %.

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

Porsha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 468 - -
Population 1,997 1,043 954
Child (0-6) 232 131 101
Schedule Caste 1,001 526 475
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.58 % 78.29 % 66.47 %
Total Workers 631 540 91
Main Worker 600 - -
Marginal Worker 31 24 7

Caste Factor

In Porsha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.13 % of total population in Porsha village. The village Porsha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Porsha village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 95.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.