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Chorpahari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chorpahari is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 200 families residing. The Chorpahari village has population of 1103 of which 570 are males while 533 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chorpahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 13.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chorpahari village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chorpahari as per census is 1085, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chorpahari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chorpahari village was 74.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chorpahari Male literacy stands at 88.98 % while female literacy rate was 59.43 %.

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

Chorpahari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 1,103 570 533
Child (0-6) 148 71 77
Schedule Caste 225 115 110
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.87 % 88.98 % 59.43 %
Total Workers 426 308 118
Main Worker 402 - -
Marginal Worker 24 12 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.40 % of total population in Chorpahari village. The village Chorpahari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chorpahari village out of total population, 426 were engaged in work activities. 94.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 426 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.