Sija Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sija is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 138 families residing. The Sija village has population of 770 of which 389 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sija village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sija village is 979 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sija as per census is 648, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sija village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sija village was 47.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sija Male literacy stands at 60.30 % while female literacy rate was 35.26 %.

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

Sija Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	138	-	-
Population	770	389	381
Child (0-6)	89	54	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	761	386	375
Literacy	47.58 %	60.30 %	35.26 %
Total Workers	312	219	93
Main Worker	152	-	-
Marginal Worker	160	68	92

Caste Factor

In Sija village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Sija village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sija village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Sija village out of total population, 312 were engaged in work activities. 48.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 312 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.