Layara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Layara is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 193 families residing. The Layara village has population of 891 of which 464 are males while 427 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Layara village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 15.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Layara village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Layara as per census is 914, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Layara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Layara village was 68.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Layara Male literacy stands at 83.25 % while female literacy rate was 52.07 %.

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

Layara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	193	-	-
Population	891	464	427
Child (0-6)	134	70	64
Schedule Caste	344	184	160
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.30 %	83.25 %	52.07 %
Total Workers	257	221	36
Main Worker	111	-	-
Marginal Worker	146	119	27

Caste Factor

In Layara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.61 % of total population in Layara village. The village Layara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Layara village out of total population, 257 were engaged in work activities. 43.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 257 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.