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Dewar Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Dewar is a medium size village located in Burwan Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 85 families residing. The Dewar village has population of 362 of which 191 are males while 171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dewar village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dewar village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dewar as per census is 577, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dewar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dewar village was 60.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dewar Male literacy stands at 73.33 % while female literacy rate was 46.79 %.

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

Dewar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 362 191 171
Child (0-6) 41 26 15
Schedule Caste 77 39 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.44 % 73.33 % 46.79 %
Total Workers 125 122 3
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 47 46 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.27 % of total population in Dewar village. The village Dewar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dewar village out of total population, 125 were engaged in work activities. 62.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 125 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.