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Biswas Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Biswas is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 596 families residing. The Biswas village has population of 2501 of which 1285 are males while 1216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Biswas village population of children with age 0-6 is 287 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Biswas village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Biswas as per census is 1080, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Biswas village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Biswas village was 90.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Biswas Male literacy stands at 95.73 % while female literacy rate was 85.00 %.

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

Biswas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 596 - -
Population 2,501 1,285 1,216
Child (0-6) 287 138 149
Schedule Caste 44 18 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.56 % 95.73 % 85.00 %
Total Workers 795 756 39
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 402 372 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.76 % of total population in Biswas village. The village Biswas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Biswas village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 49.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.