Popai Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Popai is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 402 families residing. The Popai village has population of 1846 of which 972 are males while 874 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Popai village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 11.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Popai village is 899 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Popai as per census is 904, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Popai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Popai village was 67.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Popai Male literacy stands at 73.16 % while female literacy rate was 61.30 %.

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

Popai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	402	-	-
Population	1,846	972	874
Child (0-6)	219	115	104
Schedule Caste	745	383	362
Schedule Tribe	315	162	153
Literacy	67.55 %	73.16 %	61.30 %
Total Workers	860	622	238
Main Worker	767	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	59	34

Caste Factor

In Popai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.36 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.06 % of total population in Popai village.

Work Profile

In Popai village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 89.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 484 were Agricultural labourer.