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Jorre Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jorre is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 298 families residing. The Jorre village has population of 1555 of which 808 are males while 747 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorre village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorre village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorre as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jorre village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorre village was 55.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jorre Male literacy stands at 71.47 % while female literacy rate was 38.58 %.

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

Jorre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 298 - -
Population 1,555 808 747
Child (0-6) 240 128 112
Schedule Caste 165 81 84
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 55.59 % 71.47 % 38.58 %
Total Workers 451 378 73
Main Worker 243 - -
Marginal Worker 208 149 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Jorre village.

Work Profile

In Jorre village out of total population, 451 were engaged in work activities. 53.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.