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Sanya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sanya is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 282 families residing. The Sanya village has population of 1279 of which 653 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sanya village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 10.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sanya village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sanya as per census is 829, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sanya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sanya village was 82.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sanya Male literacy stands at 90.91 % while female literacy rate was 74.65 %.

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

Sanya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,279 653 626
Child (0-6) 128 70 58
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 92 48 44
Literacy 82.88 % 90.91 % 74.65 %
Total Workers 585 417 168
Main Worker 354 - -
Marginal Worker 231 85 146

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.19 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.31 % of total population in Sanya village.

Work Profile

In Sanya village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 60.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 128 were Agricultural labourer.