Panchshoa Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Panchshoa is a medium size village located in Bolpur Sriniketan Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 455 families residing. The Panchshoa village has population of 1851 of which 953 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panchshoa village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panchshoa village is 942 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Panchshoa as per census is 1136, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Panchshoa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Panchshoa village was 69.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Panchshoa Male literacy stands at 77.82 % while female literacy rate was 59.77 %.

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

Panchshoa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	455	-	-
Population	1,851	953	898
Child (0-6)	235	110	125
Schedule Caste	1,031	536	495
Schedule Tribe	248	128	120
Literacy	69.18 %	77.82 %	59.77 %
Total Workers	871	597	274
Main Worker	491	-	-
Marginal Worker	380	151	229

Caste Factor

In Panchshoa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.70 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.40 % of total population in Panchshoa village.

Work Profile

In Panchshoa village out of total population, 871 were engaged in work activities. 56.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 871 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 344 were Agricultural labourer.