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Bhursa Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bhursa is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 258 families residing. The Bhursa village has population of 1554 of which 773 are males while 781 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhursa village population of children with age 0-6 is 322 which makes up 20.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhursa village is 1010 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhursa as per census is 1064, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bhursa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhursa village was 63.56 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bhursa Male literacy stands at 71.47 % while female literacy rate was 55.61 %.

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

Bhursa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,554 773 781
Child (0-6) 322 156 166
Schedule Caste 164 80 84
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.56 % 71.47 % 55.61 %
Total Workers 445 357 88
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 106 77 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.55 % of total population in Bhursa village. The village Bhursa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhursa village out of total population, 445 were engaged in work activities. 76.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 445 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 88 were Agricultural labourer.