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Paikan Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Paikan is a medium size village located in Bhangar - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 260 families residing. The Paikan village has population of 1452 of which 746 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paikan village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paikan village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paikan as per census is 800, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paikan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paikan village was 82.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paikan Male literacy stands at 86.01 % while female literacy rate was 78.80 %.

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

Paikan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,452 746 706
Child (0-6) 198 110 88
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.46 % 86.01 % 78.80 %
Total Workers 435 397 38
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 76 58 18

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Paikan village of South Twenty Four Parganas district.

Work Profile

In Paikan village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 82.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.