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Prayagpur Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Prayagpur is a medium size village located in Sonamukhi Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 134 families residing. The Prayagpur village has population of 635 of which 335 are males while 300 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Prayagpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 12.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Prayagpur village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Prayagpur as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Prayagpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Prayagpur village was 69.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Prayagpur Male literacy stands at 75.09 % while female literacy rate was 62.60 %.

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

Prayagpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 635 335 300
Child (0-6) 80 42 38
Schedule Caste 225 117 108
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.19 % 75.09 % 62.60 %
Total Workers 275 211 64
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 207 151 56

Caste Factor

In Prayagpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.43 % of total population in Prayagpur village. The village Prayagpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Prayagpur village out of total population, 275 were engaged in work activities. 24.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 275 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.