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Payag Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Payag is a medium size village located in Kolaghat Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 248 families residing. The Payag village has population of 1152 of which 601 are males while 551 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payag village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 9.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payag village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Payag as per census is 828, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Payag village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Payag village was 85.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Payag Male literacy stands at 92.82 % while female literacy rate was 77.73 %.

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

Payag Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,152 601 551
Child (0-6) 106 58 48
Schedule Caste 31 18 13
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.56 % 92.82 % 77.73 %
Total Workers 402 377 25
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 64 54 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.69 % of total population in Payag village. The village Payag currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Payag village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 84.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.