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Penrra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Penrra is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 244 families residing. The Penrra village has population of 1242 of which 584 are males while 658 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penrra village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 16.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penrra village is 1127 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penrra as per census is 1209, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Penrra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penrra village was 56.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penrra Male literacy stands at 71.81 % while female literacy rate was 42.70 %.

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

Penrra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,242 584 658
Child (0-6) 201 91 110
Schedule Caste 155 77 78
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 56.48 % 71.81 % 42.70 %
Total Workers 673 325 348
Main Worker 495 - -
Marginal Worker 178 47 131

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.48 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.16 % of total population in Penrra village.

Work Profile

In Penrra village out of total population, 673 were engaged in work activities. 73.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 673 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.