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Rajdih Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Rajdih is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 235 families residing. The Rajdih village has population of 1331 of which 665 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajdih village is 1002 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajdih as per census is 1084, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Rajdih village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajdih village was 51.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rajdih Male literacy stands at 66.49 % while female literacy rate was 36.11 %.

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

Rajdih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,331 665 666
Child (0-6) 173 83 90
Schedule Caste 18 9 9
Schedule Tribe 103 53 50
Literacy 51.38 % 66.49 % 36.11 %
Total Workers 576 389 187
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 188 166 22

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.35 % of total population in Rajdih village.

Work Profile

In Rajdih village out of total population, 576 were engaged in work activities. 67.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 576 workers engaged in Main Work, 365 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.