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Nirail Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Nirail is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 381 families residing. The Nirail village has population of 1695 of which 811 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nirail village population of children with age 0-6 is 278 which makes up 16.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nirail village is 1090 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nirail as per census is 1189, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nirail village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nirail village was 47.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nirail Male literacy stands at 57.60 % while female literacy rate was 37.65 %.

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

Nirail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 381 - -
Population 1,695 811 884
Child (0-6) 278 127 151
Schedule Caste 238 117 121
Schedule Tribe 1,227 582 645
Literacy 47.28 % 57.60 % 37.65 %
Total Workers 654 460 194
Main Worker 480 - -
Marginal Worker 174 40 134

Caste Factor

In Nirail village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.39 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 14.04 % of total population in Nirail village.

Work Profile

In Nirail village out of total population, 654 were engaged in work activities. 73.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 654 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 314 were Agricultural labourer.