Sarala Population, Caste, Working Data Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Sarala is a village situated in Kushmundi block of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 614 families residing in the village Sarala. The total population of Sarala is 2,848 out of which 1,416 are males and 1,432 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sarala is 1,011.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sarala village is 372 which is 13% of the total population. There are 190 male children and 182 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sarala is 958 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,011) of Sarala village.

Population
2,848
Families
614
Literacy
59.57%
Sex Ratio
1,011

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sarala is 59.6%. Thus Sarala village has lower literacy rate compared to 64.6% of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 71.13% and the female literacy rate is 48.24% in Sarala village.

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

Sarala Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 372 190 182
Literacy 59.57% 71.13% 48.24%
Scheduled Caste 2,605 1,294 1,311
Scheduled Tribe 183 97 86
Illiterate 1,373 544 829

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.5% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.4% of total population in Sarala village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sarala village out of total population, 1,069 were engaged in work activities. 77.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,069 workers engaged in Main Work, 581 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 829 752 77
Cultivators 581 575 6
Agriculture Labourer 170 133 37
Household Industries 7 3 4
Other Workers 71 41 30
Marginal Workers 240 73 167
Non Working 1,779 591 1,188

Nearby Villages to Sarala,

Below are the list of villages near Sarala village in Kushmundi.

Village Population
Pupra 523
Dhadarang 412
Baghna 203
Subarnapur 538
Tejihar 443
Nayapara 354
Lakshmantara 271
Isnail 1,531
Chapapara 270
Barail 254

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