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Purba Jhaukuthi Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Purba Jhaukuthi is a medium size village located in Tufanganj - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 312 families residing. The Purba Jhaukuthi village has population of 1376 of which 729 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purba Jhaukuthi village population of children with age 0-6 is 171 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purba Jhaukuthi village is 888 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purba Jhaukuthi as per census is 1060, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purba Jhaukuthi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purba Jhaukuthi village was 71.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purba Jhaukuthi Male literacy stands at 77.09 % while female literacy rate was 64.58 %.

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

Purba Jhaukuthi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 312 - -
Population 1,376 729 647
Child (0-6) 171 83 88
Schedule Caste 545 283 262
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.29 % 77.09 % 64.58 %
Total Workers 433 402 31
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 15 7 8

Caste Factor

In Purba Jhaukuthi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.61 % of total population in Purba Jhaukuthi village. The village Purba Jhaukuthi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purba Jhaukuthi village out of total population, 433 were engaged in work activities. 96.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 433 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.