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Popra Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Popra is a medium size village located in Maldah (Old) Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 342 families residing. The Popra village has population of 1687 of which 871 are males while 816 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Popra village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Popra village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Popra as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Popra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Popra village was 61.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Popra Male literacy stands at 69.97 % while female literacy rate was 52.43 %.

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

Popra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,687 871 816
Child (0-6) 200 105 95
Schedule Caste 1,056 547 509
Schedule Tribe 441 218 223
Literacy 61.47 % 69.97 % 52.43 %
Total Workers 578 493 85
Main Worker 489 - -
Marginal Worker 89 34 55

Caste Factor

In Popra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 26.14 % of total population in Popra village.

Work Profile

In Popra village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 84.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 238 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.