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Dechapara Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Dechapara is a large village located in Bharatpur - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 560 families residing. The Dechapara village has population of 2645 of which 1339 are males while 1306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dechapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 357 which makes up 13.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dechapara village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dechapara as per census is 1017, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dechapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dechapara village was 67.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dechapara Male literacy stands at 70.14 % while female literacy rate was 64.12 %.

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

Dechapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 560 - -
Population 2,645 1,339 1,306
Child (0-6) 357 177 180
Schedule Caste 173 82 91
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.18 % 70.14 % 64.12 %
Total Workers 907 810 97
Main Worker 738 - -
Marginal Worker 169 97 72

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.54 % of total population in Dechapara village. The village Dechapara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dechapara village out of total population, 907 were engaged in work activities. 81.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 907 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 323 were Agricultural labourer.