Paik Jhara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Paik Jhara is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Paik Jhara village has population of 200 of which 105 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paik Jhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 8.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paik Jhara village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paik Jhara as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paik Jhara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paik Jhara village was 63.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paik Jhara Male literacy stands at 78.13 % while female literacy rate was 47.73 %.

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

Paik Jhara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	48	-	-
Population	200	105	95
Child (0-6)	16	9	7
Schedule Caste	51	27	24
Schedule Tribe	143	75	68
Literacy	63.59 %	78.13 %	47.73 %
Total Workers	92	59	33
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	1	1

Caste Factor

In Paik Jhara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.50 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 25.50 % of total population in Paik Jhara village.

Work Profile

In Paik Jhara village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 97.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.