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Raidih Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Raidih is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 70 families residing. The Raidih village has population of 431 of which 208 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raidih village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 18.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raidih village is 1072 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Raidih as per census is 884, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Raidih village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Raidih village was 62.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Raidih Male literacy stands at 76.36 % while female literacy rate was 49.19 %.

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

Raidih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 70 - -
Population 431 208 223
Child (0-6) 81 43 38
Schedule Caste 21 10 11
Schedule Tribe 91 52 39
Literacy 62.00 % 76.36 % 49.19 %
Total Workers 232 108 124
Main Worker 47 - -
Marginal Worker 185 67 118

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.87 % of total population in Raidih village.

Work Profile

In Raidih village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 20.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.