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Raikhan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Raikhan is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 175 families residing. The Raikhan village has population of 864 of which 456 are males while 408 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raikhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 12.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raikhan village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raikhan as per census is 1200, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Raikhan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raikhan village was 75.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raikhan Male literacy stands at 80.05 % while female literacy rate was 69.83 %.

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

Raikhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 175 - -
Population 864 456 408
Child (0-6) 110 50 60
Schedule Caste 100 44 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.33 % 80.05 % 69.83 %
Total Workers 256 211 45
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 26 7 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.57 % of total population in Raikhan village. The village Raikhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raikhan village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 89.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.