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Dakshinpithulia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dakshinpithulia is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 238 families residing. The Dakshinpithulia village has population of 1144 of which 577 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshinpithulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 14.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshinpithulia village is 983 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshinpithulia as per census is 963, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshinpithulia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshinpithulia village was 85.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshinpithulia Male literacy stands at 92.53 % while female literacy rate was 77.87 %.

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

Dakshinpithulia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,144 577 567
Child (0-6) 161 82 79
Schedule Caste 371 172 199
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.25 % 92.53 % 77.87 %
Total Workers 379 346 33
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 23 6 17

Caste Factor

Dakshinpithulia village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.43 % of total population in Dakshinpithulia village. The village Dakshinpithulia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakshinpithulia village out of total population, 379 were engaged in work activities. 93.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 379 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 244 were Agricultural labourer.