Surahar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Surahar is a medium size village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Surahar village has population of 731 of which 371 are males while 360 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Surahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 14.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Surahar village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Surahar as per census is 962, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Surahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Surahar village was 54.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Surahar Male literacy stands at 68.87 % while female literacy rate was 40.45 %.

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

Surahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	163	-	-
Population	731	371	360
Child (0-6)	104	53	51
Schedule Caste	343	181	162
Schedule Tribe	288	141	147
Literacy	54.86 %	68.87 %	40.45 %
Total Workers	382	223	159
Main Worker	341	-	-
Marginal Worker	41	5	36

Caste Factor

In Surahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 39.40 % of total population in Surahar village.

Work Profile

In Surahar village out of total population, 382 were engaged in work activities. 89.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 382 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 232 were Agricultural labourer.