Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Phajelpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Phajelpur is a large village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 503 families residing. The Phajelpur village has population of 2239 of which 1159 are males while 1080 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phajelpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 10.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phajelpur village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Phajelpur as per census is 806, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Phajelpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Phajelpur village was 87.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Phajelpur Male literacy stands at 94.08 % while female literacy rate was 80.43 %.

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

Phajelpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 503 - -
Population 2,239 1,159 1,080
Child (0-6) 233 129 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.44 % 94.08 % 80.43 %
Total Workers 915 734 181
Main Worker 368 - -
Marginal Worker 547 374 173

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Phajelpur village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Phajelpur village out of total population, 915 were engaged in work activities. 40.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 915 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.