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Tigra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tigra is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 356 families residing. The Tigra village has population of 1771 of which 908 are males while 863 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tigra village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 17.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tigra village is 950 which is equal than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tigra as per census is 921, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tigra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tigra village was 53.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tigra Male literacy stands at 74.73 % while female literacy rate was 31.74 %.

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

Tigra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 356 - -
Population 1,771 908 863
Child (0-6) 315 164 151
Schedule Caste 558 301 257
Schedule Tribe 35 19 16
Literacy 53.71 % 74.73 % 31.74 %
Total Workers 858 447 411
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 566 254 312

Caste Factor

Tigra village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.51 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.98 % of total population in Tigra village.

Work Profile

In Tigra village out of total population, 858 were engaged in work activities. 34.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 858 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.