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Pirma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Pirma is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 168 families residing. The Pirma village has population of 1003 of which 533 are males while 470 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pirma village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pirma village is 882 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pirma as per census is 1027, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pirma village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pirma village was 76.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pirma Male literacy stands at 87.36 % while female literacy rate was 64.47 %.

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

Pirma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 1,003 533 470
Child (0-6) 150 74 76
Schedule Caste 276 141 135
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.79 % 87.36 % 64.47 %
Total Workers 484 302 182
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 348 171 177

Caste Factor

Pirma village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.52 % of total population in Pirma village. The village Pirma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pirma village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 28.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.