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Purunia Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Purunia is a medium size village located in Manteswar Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 300 families residing. The Purunia village has population of 1433 of which 723 are males while 710 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunia village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunia as per census is 1208, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purunia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunia village was 85.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purunia Male literacy stands at 88.79 % while female literacy rate was 82.18 %.

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

Purunia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 300 - -
Population 1,433 723 710
Child (0-6) 159 72 87
Schedule Caste 68 33 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.56 % 88.79 % 82.18 %
Total Workers 514 446 68
Main Worker 403 - -
Marginal Worker 111 95 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.75 % of total population in Purunia village. The village Purunia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purunia village out of total population, 514 were engaged in work activities. 78.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 514 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.