Updel Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Updel is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 167 families residing. The Updel village has population of 743 of which 391 are males while 352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Updel village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Updel village is 900 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Updel as per census is 654, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Updel village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Updel village was 51.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Updel Male literacy stands at 60.77 % while female literacy rate was 41.82 %.

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

Updel Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	167	-	-
Population	743	391	352
Child (0-6)	86	52	34
Schedule Caste	236	128	108
Schedule Tribe	422	222	200
Literacy	51.60 %	60.77 %	41.82 %
Total Workers	341	236	105
Main Worker	197	-	-
Marginal Worker	144	61	83

Caste Factor

In Updel village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.80 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 31.76 % of total population in Updel village.

Work Profile

In Updel village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 57.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.