Bhaluka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bhaluka is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 62 families residing. The Bhaluka village has population of 303 of which 149 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhaluka village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 12.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhaluka village is 1034 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhaluka as per census is 1467, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bhaluka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhaluka village was 73.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bhaluka Male literacy stands at 83.58 % while female literacy rate was 63.64 %.

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

Bhaluka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	62	-	-
Population	303	149	154
Child (0-6)	37	15	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	178	89	89
Literacy	73.68 %	83.58 %	63.64 %
Total Workers	157	79	78
Main Worker	30	-	-
Marginal Worker	127	61	66

Caste Factor

In Bhaluka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 58.75 % of total population in Bhaluka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhaluka village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Bhaluka village out of total population, 157 were engaged in work activities. 19.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 157 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.