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Piskapahari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Piskapahari is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 132 families residing. The Piskapahari village has population of 682 of which 339 are males while 343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Piskapahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Piskapahari village is 1012 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Piskapahari as per census is 925, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Piskapahari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Piskapahari village was 60.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Piskapahari Male literacy stands at 79.37 % while female literacy rate was 41.50 %.

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

Piskapahari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 682 339 343
Child (0-6) 102 53 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 524 267 257
Literacy 60.17 % 79.37 % 41.50 %
Total Workers 375 176 199
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 272 104 168

Caste Factor

In Piskapahari village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.83 % of total population in Piskapahari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Piskapahari village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Piskapahari village out of total population, 375 were engaged in work activities. 27.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 375 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.