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Kuki Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kuki is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 219 families residing. The Kuki village has population of 1220 of which 633 are males while 587 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuki village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 19.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuki village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuki as per census is 856, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kuki village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuki village was 67.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kuki Male literacy stands at 82.28 % while female literacy rate was 52.29 %.

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

Kuki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 1,220 633 587
Child (0-6) 232 125 107
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 106 53 53
Literacy 67.71 % 82.28 % 52.29 %
Total Workers 379 285 94
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 348 257 91

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.69 % of total population in Kuki village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kuki village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kuki village out of total population, 379 were engaged in work activities. 8.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 379 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.