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Katganj Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Katganj is a medium size village located in Egra - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 95 families residing. The Katganj village has population of 539 of which 270 are males while 269 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Katganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Katganj village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Katganj as per census is 1480, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Katganj village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Katganj village was 80.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Katganj Male literacy stands at 91.43 % while female literacy rate was 68.53 %.

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

Katganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 539 270 269
Child (0-6) 62 25 37
Schedule Caste 539 270 269
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.29 % 91.43 % 68.53 %
Total Workers 252 154 98
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 96 8 88

Caste Factor

In Katganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Katganj village. The village Katganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Katganj village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 61.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.