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Amchuria Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Amchuria is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 257 families residing. The Amchuria village has population of 1151 of which 583 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amchuria village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amchuria village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amchuria as per census is 1106, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Amchuria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amchuria village was 63.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amchuria Male literacy stands at 79.14 % while female literacy rate was 46.55 %.

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

Amchuria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,151 583 568
Child (0-6) 198 94 104
Schedule Caste 366 178 188
Schedule Tribe 51 25 26
Literacy 63.27 % 79.14 % 46.55 %
Total Workers 479 317 162
Main Worker 71 - -
Marginal Worker 408 254 154

Caste Factor

Amchuria village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.43 % of total population in Amchuria village.

Work Profile

In Amchuria village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 14.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.