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Danga Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Danga is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 413 families residing. The Danga village has population of 1603 of which 828 are males while 775 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Danga village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Danga village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Danga as per census is 719, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Danga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Danga village was 73.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Danga Male literacy stands at 82.38 % while female literacy rate was 64.73 %.

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

Danga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 413 - -
Population 1,603 828 775
Child (0-6) 165 96 69
Schedule Caste 889 458 431
Schedule Tribe 459 234 225
Literacy 73.71 % 82.38 % 64.73 %
Total Workers 764 488 276
Main Worker 612 - -
Marginal Worker 152 68 84

Caste Factor

In Danga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.46 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 28.63 % of total population in Danga village.

Work Profile

In Danga village out of total population, 764 were engaged in work activities. 80.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 764 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 180 were Agricultural labourer.