Oltara Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Oltara is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 349 families residing. The Oltara village has population of 1562 of which 771 are males while 791 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Oltara village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 16.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Oltara village is 1026 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Oltara as per census is 1040, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Oltara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Oltara village was 32.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Oltara Male literacy stands at 36.32 % while female literacy rate was 27.79 %.

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

Oltara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	349	-	-
Population	1,562	771	791
Child (0-6)	253	124	129
Schedule Caste	786	390	396
Schedule Tribe	639	317	322
Literacy	32.01 %	36.32 %	27.79 %
Total Workers	861	476	385
Main Worker	294	-	-
Marginal Worker	567	286	281

Caste Factor

In Oltara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.32 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 40.91 % of total population in Oltara village.

Work Profile

In Oltara village out of total population, 861 were engaged in work activities. 34.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 861 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 269 were Agricultural labourer.