Panitara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Panitara is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 64 families residing. The Panitara village has population of 249 of which 132 are males while 117 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panitara village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 8.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panitara village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Panitara as per census is 818, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Panitara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Panitara village was 60.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Panitara Male literacy stands at 67.77 % while female literacy rate was 52.78 %.

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

Panitara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	64	-	-
Population	249	132	117
Child (0-6)	20	11	9
Schedule Caste	144	74	70
Schedule Tribe	3	1	2
Literacy	60.70 %	67.77 %	52.78 %
Total Workers	103	79	24
Main Worker	72	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	15	16

Caste Factor

In Panitara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.20 % of total population in Panitara village.

Work Profile

In Panitara village out of total population, 103 were engaged in work activities. 69.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 103 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.