Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Darkuli Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Darkuli is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 159 families residing. The Darkuli village has population of 734 of which 370 are males while 364 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Darkuli village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 10.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Darkuli village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Darkuli as per census is 1394, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Darkuli village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Darkuli village was 78.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Darkuli Male literacy stands at 85.16 % while female literacy rate was 70.75 %.

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

Darkuli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 734 370 364
Child (0-6) 79 33 46
Schedule Caste 9 6 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.17 % 85.16 % 70.75 %
Total Workers 288 210 78
Main Worker 104 - -
Marginal Worker 184 115 69

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.23 % of total population in Darkuli village. The village Darkuli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Darkuli village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 36.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.