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Perapur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Perapur is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 286 families residing. The Perapur village has population of 1364 of which 676 are males while 688 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Perapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 12.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Perapur village is 1018 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Perapur as per census is 1125, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Perapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Perapur village was 56.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Perapur Male literacy stands at 64.43 % while female literacy rate was 48.33 %.

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

Perapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 286 - -
Population 1,364 676 688
Child (0-6) 170 80 90
Schedule Caste 536 278 258
Schedule Tribe 813 392 421
Literacy 56.37 % 64.43 % 48.33 %
Total Workers 611 409 202
Main Worker 415 - -
Marginal Worker 196 30 166

Caste Factor

In Perapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.60 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 39.30 % of total population in Perapur village.

Work Profile

In Perapur village out of total population, 611 were engaged in work activities. 67.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 611 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.