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Dakhinbahal Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dakhinbahal is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 174 families residing. The Dakhinbahal village has population of 1109 of which 565 are males while 544 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakhinbahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 14.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakhinbahal village is 963 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakhinbahal as per census is 1133, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakhinbahal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakhinbahal village was 74.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakhinbahal Male literacy stands at 88.57 % while female literacy rate was 58.61 %.

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

Dakhinbahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 174 - -
Population 1,109 565 544
Child (0-6) 160 75 85
Schedule Caste 56 28 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.08 % 88.57 % 58.61 %
Total Workers 548 296 252
Main Worker 224 - -
Marginal Worker 324 93 231

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.05 % of total population in Dakhinbahal village. The village Dakhinbahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakhinbahal village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 40.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.