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Bajra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bajra is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 253 families residing. The Bajra village has population of 1180 of which 602 are males while 578 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 15.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bajra village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bajra as per census is 1149, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bajra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bajra village was 55.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bajra Male literacy stands at 73.40 % while female literacy rate was 37.24 %.

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

Bajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,180 602 578
Child (0-6) 187 87 100
Schedule Caste 188 97 91
Schedule Tribe 8 4 4
Literacy 55.99 % 73.40 % 37.24 %
Total Workers 595 328 267
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 546 286 260

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.93 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.68 % of total population in Bajra village.

Work Profile

In Bajra village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 8.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.