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Alkusa Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Alkusa is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 198 families residing. The Alkusa village has population of 1069 of which 562 are males while 507 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alkusa village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alkusa village is 902 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Alkusa as per census is 853, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Alkusa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Alkusa village was 70.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Alkusa Male literacy stands at 84.41 % while female literacy rate was 55.23 %.

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

Alkusa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 1,069 562 507
Child (0-6) 126 68 58
Schedule Caste 718 371 347
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.52 % 84.41 % 55.23 %
Total Workers 343 278 65
Main Worker 251 - -
Marginal Worker 92 70 22

Caste Factor

In Alkusa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.17 % of total population in Alkusa village. The village Alkusa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Alkusa village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 73.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.