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Sijua Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sijua is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 313 families residing. The Sijua village has population of 1706 of which 881 are males while 825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sijua village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 12.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sijua village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sijua as per census is 982, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sijua village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sijua village was 94.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sijua Male literacy stands at 97.28 % while female literacy rate was 91.36 %.

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

Sijua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 313 - -
Population 1,706 881 825
Child (0-6) 216 109 107
Schedule Caste 424 226 198
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.43 % 97.28 % 91.36 %
Total Workers 779 535 244
Main Worker 438 - -
Marginal Worker 341 127 214

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.85 % of total population in Sijua village. The village Sijua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sijua village out of total population, 779 were engaged in work activities. 56.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 779 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.