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Shamukgarya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Shamukgarya is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 236 families residing. The Shamukgarya village has population of 1037 of which 548 are males while 489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamukgarya village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamukgarya village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamukgarya as per census is 644, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shamukgarya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamukgarya village was 71.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shamukgarya Male literacy stands at 85.47 % while female literacy rate was 56.56 %.

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

Shamukgarya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,037 548 489
Child (0-6) 120 73 47
Schedule Caste 91 46 45
Schedule Tribe 593 312 281
Literacy 71.54 % 85.47 % 56.56 %
Total Workers 558 285 273
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 387 174 213

Caste Factor

In Shamukgarya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.18 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.78 % of total population in Shamukgarya village.

Work Profile

In Shamukgarya village out of total population, 558 were engaged in work activities. 30.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 558 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.