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Dakshin Kancheswar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dakshin Kancheswar is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 120 families residing. The Dakshin Kancheswar village has population of 557 of which 280 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshin Kancheswar village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 12.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Kancheswar village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshin Kancheswar as per census is 690, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshin Kancheswar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshin Kancheswar village was 83.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshin Kancheswar Male literacy stands at 91.60 % while female literacy rate was 76.21 %.

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

Dakshin Kancheswar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 557 280 277
Child (0-6) 71 42 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.74 % 91.60 % 76.21 %
Total Workers 293 165 128
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 81 60 21

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Dakshin Kancheswar village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 72.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.