Kenda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kenda is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 144 families residing. The Kenda village has population of 707 of which 350 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kenda village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kenda village is 1020 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kenda as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kenda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kenda village was 48.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kenda Male literacy stands at 62.46 % while female literacy rate was 35.27 %.

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

Kenda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	144	-	-
Population	707	350	357
Child (0-6)	130	65	65
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	375	187	188
Literacy	48.70 %	62.46 %	35.27 %
Total Workers	419	201	218
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	329	129	200

Caste Factor

In Kenda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.04 % of total population in Kenda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kenda village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kenda village out of total population, 419 were engaged in work activities. 21.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 419 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.