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Purakhola Population - Bongaigaon, Assam

Purakhola is a medium size village located in Bijni Circle of Bongaigaon district, Assam with total 77 families residing. The Purakhola village has population of 365 of which 174 are males while 191 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purakhola village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 21.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purakhola village is 1098 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Purakhola as per census is 1333, higher than Assam average of 962.

Purakhola village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Purakhola village was 51.74 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Purakhola Male literacy stands at 58.87 % while female literacy rate was 44.90 %.

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

Purakhola Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 365 174 191
Child (0-6) 77 33 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.74 % 58.87 % 44.90 %
Total Workers 209 112 97
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 112 20 92

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Purakhola village of Bongaigaon district.

Work Profile

In Purakhola village out of total population, 209 were engaged in work activities. 46.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 209 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.