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Piri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Piri is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 197 families residing. The Piri village has population of 993 of which 531 are males while 462 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piri village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 3.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piri village is 870 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Piri as per census is 682, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Piri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Piri village was 59.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Piri Male literacy stands at 77.80 % while female literacy rate was 39.15 %.

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

Piri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 993 531 462
Child (0-6) 37 22 15
Schedule Caste 55 37 18
Schedule Tribe 349 175 174
Literacy 59.73 % 77.80 % 39.15 %
Total Workers 430 246 184
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 218 50 168

Caste Factor

In Piri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.15 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.54 % of total population in Piri village.

Work Profile

In Piri village out of total population, 430 were engaged in work activities. 49.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 430 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.