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Purandarpur Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Purandarpur is a medium size village located in Gaighata Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 334 families residing. The Purandarpur village has population of 1417 of which 713 are males while 704 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purandarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 9.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purandarpur village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purandarpur as per census is 889, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purandarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purandarpur village was 83.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purandarpur Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 79.06 %.

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

Purandarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,417 713 704
Child (0-6) 136 72 64
Schedule Caste 918 462 456
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.22 % 87.36 % 79.06 %
Total Workers 509 424 85
Main Worker 508 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Purandarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.78 % of total population in Purandarpur village. The village Purandarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purandarpur village out of total population, 509 were engaged in work activities. 99.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 509 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.