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Ferusha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Ferusha is a medium size village located in Hilli Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 397 families residing. The Ferusha village has population of 1639 of which 845 are males while 794 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ferusha village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 9.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ferusha village is 940 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ferusha as per census is 716, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ferusha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ferusha village was 87.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ferusha Male literacy stands at 91.94 % while female literacy rate was 83.72 %.

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

Ferusha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 397 - -
Population 1,639 845 794
Child (0-6) 151 88 63
Schedule Caste 171 83 88
Schedule Tribe 29 15 14
Literacy 87.90 % 91.94 % 83.72 %
Total Workers 600 497 103
Main Worker 475 - -
Marginal Worker 125 74 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.43 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.77 % of total population in Ferusha village.

Work Profile

In Ferusha village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 79.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.