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Ankura Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ankura is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Ankura village has population of 601 of which 308 are males while 293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ankura village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ankura village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ankura as per census is 1194, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ankura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ankura village was 76.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ankura Male literacy stands at 93.50 % while female literacy rate was 57.42 %.

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

Ankura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 601 308 293
Child (0-6) 68 31 37
Schedule Caste 80 37 43
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.17 % 93.50 % 57.42 %
Total Workers 300 182 118
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 227 116 111

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.31 % of total population in Ankura village. The village Ankura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ankura village out of total population, 300 were engaged in work activities. 24.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 300 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.