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Nekre Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Nekre is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 256 families residing. The Nekre village has population of 1297 of which 661 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nekre village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 14.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nekre village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nekre as per census is 830, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nekre village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nekre village was 58.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nekre Male literacy stands at 72.37 % while female literacy rate was 45.39 %.

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

Nekre Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,297 661 636
Child (0-6) 183 100 83
Schedule Caste 467 236 231
Schedule Tribe 60 29 31
Literacy 58.98 % 72.37 % 45.39 %
Total Workers 579 336 243
Main Worker 231 - -
Marginal Worker 348 150 198

Caste Factor

In Nekre village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.63 % of total population in Nekre village.

Work Profile

In Nekre village out of total population, 579 were engaged in work activities. 39.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 579 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.