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Parihara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Parihara is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 289 families residing. The Parihara village has population of 1378 of which 711 are males while 667 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parihara village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 11.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parihara village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parihara as per census is 1077, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Parihara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parihara village was 92.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parihara Male literacy stands at 97.16 % while female literacy rate was 86.96 %.

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

Parihara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,378 711 667
Child (0-6) 162 78 84
Schedule Caste 126 62 64
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.27 % 97.16 % 86.96 %
Total Workers 787 456 331
Main Worker 302 - -
Marginal Worker 485 175 310

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.14 % of total population in Parihara village. The village Parihara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parihara village out of total population, 787 were engaged in work activities. 38.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 787 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.