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Purunia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Purunia is a medium size village located in Mejhia Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 232 families residing. The Purunia village has population of 1031 of which 553 are males while 478 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunia village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 12.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunia village is 864 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunia as per census is 824, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purunia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunia village was 59.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purunia Male literacy stands at 72.78 % while female literacy rate was 43.60 %.

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 232 - -
Population 1,031 553 478
Child (0-6) 124 68 56
Schedule Caste 344 174 170
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.21 % 72.78 % 43.60 %
Total Workers 438 315 123
Main Worker 170 - -
Marginal Worker 268 153 115

Caste Factor

Purunia village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.37 % 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, 438 were engaged in work activities. 38.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.