Sankarpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Sankarpur is a small village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 50 families residing. The Sankarpur village has population of 178 of which 83 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 10.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankarpur village is 1145 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankarpur as per census is 3500, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankarpur village was 76.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sankarpur Male literacy stands at 84.81 % while female literacy rate was 67.90 %.

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

Sankarpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	50	-	-
Population	178	83	95
Child (0-6)	18	4	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	56	25	31
Literacy	76.25 %	84.81 %	67.90 %
Total Workers	92	56	36
Main Worker	15	-	-
Marginal Worker	77	44	33

Caste Factor

Sankarpur village of Dakshin Dinajpur has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 31.46 % of total population in Sankarpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankarpur village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Sankarpur village out of total population, 92 were engaged in work activities. 16.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 92 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.