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Payraura Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Payraura is a medium size village located in Singur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 352 families residing. The Payraura village has population of 1591 of which 798 are males while 793 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payraura village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 9.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payraura village is 994 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Payraura as per census is 871, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Payraura village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Payraura village was 81.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Payraura Male literacy stands at 86.12 % while female literacy rate was 76.08 %.

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

Payraura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,591 798 793
Child (0-6) 159 85 74
Schedule Caste 104 52 52
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 81.08 % 86.12 % 76.08 %
Total Workers 525 496 29
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 33 22 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.38 % of total population in Payraura village.

Work Profile

In Payraura village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 93.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 242 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.