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Sankhari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sankhari is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 213 families residing. The Sankhari village has population of 1140 of which 567 are males while 573 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhari village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 16.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhari village is 1011 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhari as per census is 969, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sankhari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhari village was 49.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sankhari Male literacy stands at 64.89 % while female literacy rate was 33.82 %.

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

Sankhari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 213 - -
Population 1,140 567 573
Child (0-6) 191 97 94
Schedule Caste 649 334 315
Schedule Tribe 342 167 175
Literacy 49.21 % 64.89 % 33.82 %
Total Workers 611 316 295
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 363 151 212

Caste Factor

In Sankhari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.93 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 30.00 % of total population in Sankhari village.

Work Profile

In Sankhari village out of total population, 611 were engaged in work activities. 40.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 611 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.