Upar Kahan Population, Caste, Working Data Puruliya, West Bengal - Census 2011

Upar Kahan is a village situated in Jaipur block of Puruliya district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 512 families residing in the village Upar Kahan. The total population of Upar Kahan is 2,960 out of which 1,523 are males and 1,437 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Upar Kahan is 944.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Upar Kahan village is 501 which is 17% of the total population. There are 236 male children and 265 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Upar Kahan is 1,123 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (944) of Upar Kahan village.

Population
2,960
Families
512
Literacy
53.36%
Sex Ratio
944

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Upar Kahan is 53.4%. Thus Upar Kahan village has lower literacy rate compared to 55.5% of Puruliya district. The male literacy rate is 67.52% and the female literacy rate is 37.8% in Upar Kahan village.

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

Upar Kahan Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 501 236 265
Literacy 53.36% 67.52% 37.8%
Scheduled Caste 155 82 73
Scheduled Tribe 161 83 78
Illiterate 1,648 654 994

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.4% of total population in Upar Kahan village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Upar Kahan village out of total population, 1,333 were engaged in work activities. 42.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,333 workers engaged in Main Work, 273 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 569 502 67
Cultivators 273 266 7
Agriculture Labourer 24 23 1
Household Industries 73 47 26
Other Workers 199 166 33
Marginal Workers 764 339 425
Non Working 1,627 682 945

Nearby Villages to Upar Kahan,

Below are the list of villages near Upar Kahan village in Jaipur.

Village Population
Khayertanr 293
Baruadi 193
Jahajpur 1,093
Hetkahan 2,157
Srirampur 3,554
Kulara 1,008
Ghaghri 180
Chitahi 659
Tunta 906
Dhabani 937

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