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Jirakpur Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Jirakpur is a medium size village located in Basirhat - I Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 404 families residing. The Jirakpur village has population of 1580 of which 798 are males while 782 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jirakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 8.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jirakpur village is 980 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jirakpur as per census is 1094, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jirakpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jirakpur village was 83.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jirakpur Male literacy stands at 88.69 % while female literacy rate was 78.93 %.

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

Jirakpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 404 - -
Population 1,580 798 782
Child (0-6) 134 64 70
Schedule Caste 693 344 349
Schedule Tribe 9 4 5
Literacy 83.89 % 88.69 % 78.93 %
Total Workers 527 433 94
Main Worker 504 - -
Marginal Worker 23 17 6

Caste Factor

In Jirakpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.57 % of total population in Jirakpur village.

Work Profile

In Jirakpur village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 95.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.