Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Dewan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Dewan is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 186 families residing. The Dewan village has population of 800 of which 431 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewan village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 9.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewan village is 856 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewan as per census is 833, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dewan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewan village was 60.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dewan Male literacy stands at 65.04 % while female literacy rate was 55.99 %.

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

Dewan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 186 - -
Population 800 431 369
Child (0-6) 77 42 35
Schedule Caste 326 182 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.86 % 65.04 % 55.99 %
Total Workers 237 221 16
Main Worker 214 - -
Marginal Worker 23 22 1

Caste Factor

In Dewan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.75 % of total population in Dewan village. The village Dewan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewan village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 90.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.