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Katigan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Katigan is a small village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 35 families residing. The Katigan village has population of 144 of which 78 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Katigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 13 which makes up 9.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Katigan village is 846 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Katigan as per census is 857, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Katigan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Katigan village was 79.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Katigan Male literacy stands at 84.51 % while female literacy rate was 73.33 %.

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

Katigan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 35 - -
Population 144 78 66
Child (0-6) 13 7 6
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.39 % 84.51 % 73.33 %
Total Workers 87 48 39
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 40 3 37

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Katigan village out of total population, 87 were engaged in work activities. 54.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 87 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.