Paharia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Paharia is a small village located in Bankura - I Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 45 families residing. The Paharia village has population of 189 of which 99 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 15.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharia village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharia as per census is 1143, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Paharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharia village was 34.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paharia Male literacy stands at 52.94 % while female literacy rate was 13.51 %.

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

Paharia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	189	99	90
Child (0-6)	30	14	16
Schedule Caste	186	99	87
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	34.59 %	52.94 %	13.51 %
Total Workers	114	65	49
Main Worker	45	-	-
Marginal Worker	69	24	45

Caste Factor

In Paharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.41 % of total population in Paharia village. The village Paharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharia village out of total population, 114 were engaged in work activities. 39.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 114 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.