Shushunid Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shushunid is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 180 families residing. The Shushunid village has population of 929 of which 490 are males while 439 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shushunid village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 15.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shushunid village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shushunid as per census is 908, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shushunid village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shushunid village was 38.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shushunid Male literacy stands at 52.66 % while female literacy rate was 22.16 %.

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

Shushunid Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	180	-	-
Population	929	490	439
Child (0-6)	145	76	69
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	790	415	375
Literacy	38.27 %	52.66 %	22.16 %
Total Workers	285	240	45
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	262	221	41

Caste Factor

In Shushunid village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.04 % of total population in Shushunid village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shushunid village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Shushunid village out of total population, 285 were engaged in work activities. 8.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 285 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.