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Chanchra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chanchra is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 253 families residing. The Chanchra village has population of 1432 of which 728 are males while 704 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chanchra village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 15.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chanchra village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chanchra as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chanchra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chanchra village was 73.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chanchra Male literacy stands at 86.34 % while female literacy rate was 60.70 %.

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

Chanchra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,432 728 704
Child (0-6) 219 113 106
Schedule Caste 547 278 269
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.70 % 86.34 % 60.70 %
Total Workers 610 359 251
Main Worker 128 - -
Marginal Worker 482 240 242

Caste Factor

In Chanchra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.20 % of total population in Chanchra village. The village Chanchra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chanchra village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 20.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.