Belamu Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Belamu is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 90 families residing. The Belamu village has population of 457 of which 227 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belamu village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 15.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belamu village is 1013 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Belamu as per census is 1219, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Belamu village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Belamu village was 57.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Belamu Male literacy stands at 77.95 % while female literacy rate was 37.17 %.

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

Belamu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	457	227	230
Child (0-6)	71	32	39
Schedule Caste	70	33	37
Schedule Tribe	342	169	173
Literacy	57.77 %	77.95 %	37.17 %
Total Workers	224	114	110
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	134	29	105

Caste Factor

In Belamu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.32 % of total population in Belamu village.

Work Profile

In Belamu village out of total population, 224 were engaged in work activities. 40.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 224 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.