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Pursunda Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Pursunda is a large village located in Khoyrasol Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 569 families residing. The Pursunda village has population of 2297 of which 1174 are males while 1123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pursunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 13.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pursunda village is 957 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pursunda as per census is 1169, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pursunda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pursunda village was 61.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pursunda Male literacy stands at 69.01 % while female literacy rate was 54.11 %.

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

Pursunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 569 - -
Population 2,297 1,174 1,123
Child (0-6) 321 148 173
Schedule Caste 1,120 584 536
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.84 % 69.01 % 54.11 %
Total Workers 680 648 32
Main Worker 653 - -
Marginal Worker 27 14 13

Caste Factor

In Pursunda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.76 % of total population in Pursunda village. The village Pursunda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pursunda village out of total population, 680 were engaged in work activities. 96.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 680 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 466 were Agricultural labourer.