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Puranpara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Puranpara is a medium size village located in Gangarampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 350 families residing. The Puranpara village has population of 1416 of which 708 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puranpara village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 12.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puranpara village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puranpara as per census is 1250, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Puranpara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puranpara village was 80.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puranpara Male literacy stands at 84.08 % while female literacy rate was 76.32 %.

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

Puranpara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 350 - -
Population 1,416 708 708
Child (0-6) 180 80 100
Schedule Caste 230 115 115
Schedule Tribe 99 49 50
Literacy 80.26 % 84.08 % 76.32 %
Total Workers 637 434 203
Main Worker 444 - -
Marginal Worker 193 154 39

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.24 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.99 % of total population in Puranpara village.

Work Profile

In Puranpara village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 69.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.