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Brajapur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Brajapur is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 273 families residing. The Brajapur village has population of 1271 of which 696 are males while 575 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Brajapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 14.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Brajapur village is 826 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Brajapur as per census is 676, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Brajapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Brajapur village was 72.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Brajapur Male literacy stands at 80.51 % while female literacy rate was 62.40 %.

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

Brajapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 273 - -
Population 1,271 696 575
Child (0-6) 186 111 75
Schedule Caste 297 161 136
Schedule Tribe 37 20 17
Literacy 72.17 % 80.51 % 62.40 %
Total Workers 459 338 121
Main Worker 167 - -
Marginal Worker 292 182 110

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.37 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.91 % of total population in Brajapur village.

Work Profile

In Brajapur village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 36.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.