Alkusha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Alkusha is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Alkusha village has population of 694 of which 356 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alkusha village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 11.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alkusha village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Alkusha as per census is 804, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Alkusha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Alkusha village was 73.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Alkusha Male literacy stands at 90.65 % while female literacy rate was 56.48 %.

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

Alkusha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	694	356	338
Child (0-6)	83	46	37
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	206	102	104
Literacy	73.81 %	90.65 %	56.48 %
Total Workers	372	197	175
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	349	180	169

Caste Factor

Alkusha village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 29.68 % of total population in Alkusha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Alkusha village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Alkusha village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 6.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.