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Durgamahal Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Durgamahal is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 115 families residing. The Durgamahal village has population of 632 of which 305 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Durgamahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 18.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Durgamahal village is 1072 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Durgamahal as per census is 1320, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Durgamahal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Durgamahal village was 74.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Durgamahal Male literacy stands at 88.24 % while female literacy rate was 60.15 %.

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

Durgamahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 632 305 327
Child (0-6) 116 50 66
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 445 212 233
Literacy 74.03 % 88.24 % 60.15 %
Total Workers 188 165 23
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 70 59 11

Caste Factor

In Durgamahal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.41 % of total population in Durgamahal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Durgamahal village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Durgamahal village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 62.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.