Kedar Population, Caste, Working Data Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Kedar is a village situated in Dantan - II block of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 381 families residing in the village Kedar. The total population of Kedar is 1,748 out of which 907 are males and 841 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kedar is 927.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kedar village is 182 which is 10% of the total population. There are 77 male children and 105 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kedar is 1,364 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (927) of Kedar village.

Population
1,748
Families
381
Literacy
81.55%
Sex Ratio
927

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kedar is 81.5%. Thus Kedar village has higher literacy rate compared to 69% of Paschim Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 89.04% and the female literacy rate is 73.1% in Kedar village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Kedar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Kedar Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Kedar village.

Total Male Female
Children 182 77 105
Literacy 81.55% 89.04% 73.1%
Scheduled Caste 64 29 35
Scheduled Tribe 158 74 84
Illiterate 471 168 303

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9% of total population in Kedar village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kedar village out of total population, 761 were engaged in work activities. 80.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 761 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 268 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 612 535 77
Cultivators 229 221 8
Agriculture Labourer 268 222 46
Household Industries 2 2 0
Other Workers 113 90 23
Marginal Workers 149 41 108
Non Working 987 331 656

Nearby Villages to Kedar,

Below are the list of villages near Kedar village in Dantan - II.

Village Population
Betarui 1,690
Dhaneswarpur 2,000
Bastupur 773
Digha 702
Shyamsundarpur urf Saimana 2,115
Sabra 16,280
Sohag Pur 2,313
Sat Pukhuria 432
Babla 1,360
Satia 365

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