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Pijhati Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Pijhati is a medium size village located in Arsha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 302 families residing. The Pijhati village has population of 1537 of which 783 are males while 754 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pijhati village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pijhati village is 963 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pijhati as per census is 1059, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pijhati village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pijhati village was 54.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pijhati Male literacy stands at 65.69 % while female literacy rate was 41.73 %.

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

Pijhati Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,537 783 754
Child (0-6) 208 101 107
Schedule Caste 207 106 101
Schedule Tribe 843 425 418
Literacy 54.03 % 65.69 % 41.73 %
Total Workers 711 418 293
Main Worker 208 - -
Marginal Worker 503 246 257

Caste Factor

In Pijhati village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 54.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.47 % of total population in Pijhati village.

Work Profile

In Pijhati village out of total population, 711 were engaged in work activities. 29.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 711 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.