Arthagaon Population, Caste, Working Data Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Arthagaon is a village situated in Raiganj block of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 337 families residing in the village Arthagaon. The total population of Arthagaon is 1,416 out of which 724 are males and 692 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Arthagaon is 956.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Arthagaon village is 136 which is 10% of the total population. There are 71 male children and 65 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Arthagaon is 915 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (956) of Arthagaon village.

Population
1,416
Families
337
Literacy
78.67%
Sex Ratio
956

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Arthagaon is 78.7%. Thus Arthagaon village has higher literacy rate compared to 49.5% of Uttar Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 84.99% and the female literacy rate is 72.09% in Arthagaon village.

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

Arthagaon Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 136 71 65
Literacy 78.67% 84.99% 72.09%
Scheduled Caste 741 375 366
Scheduled Tribe 102 51 51
Illiterate 409 169 240

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.2% of total population in Arthagaon village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Arthagaon village out of total population, 655 were engaged in work activities. 73.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 655 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 483 390 93
Cultivators 65 63 2
Agriculture Labourer 88 67 21
Household Industries 35 22 13
Other Workers 295 238 57
Marginal Workers 172 24 148
Non Working 761 310 451

Nearby Villages to Arthagaon,

Below are the list of villages near Arthagaon village in Raiganj.

Village Population
Lohagara 1,094
Kumarghari 538
Rampur 4,759
Gayas 1,281
Uttar Goalpara 1,505
Bastor 799
Dwipnagar 5,116
Durgapur 504
Barai 1,242
Bamuha 2,707

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