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Raghunathpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Raghunathpur is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 176 families residing. The Raghunathpur village has population of 891 of which 439 are males while 452 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raghunathpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raghunathpur village is 1030 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raghunathpur as per census is 981, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Raghunathpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raghunathpur village was 68.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raghunathpur Male literacy stands at 84.72 % while female literacy rate was 52.00 %.

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

Raghunathpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 176 - -
Population 891 439 452
Child (0-6) 105 53 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 875 432 443
Literacy 68.07 % 84.72 % 52.00 %
Total Workers 570 293 277
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 396 134 262

Caste Factor

In Raghunathpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.20 % of total population in Raghunathpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Raghunathpur village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Raghunathpur village out of total population, 570 were engaged in work activities. 30.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 570 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.