Puijanga Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Puijanga is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 180 families residing. The Puijanga village has population of 868 of which 434 are males while 434 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puijanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 113 which makes up 13.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puijanga village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puijanga as per census is 915, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Puijanga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puijanga village was 61.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puijanga Male literacy stands at 78.40 % while female literacy rate was 43.95 %.

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

Puijanga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	180	-	-
Population	868	434	434
Child (0-6)	113	59	54
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	255	124	131
Literacy	61.06 %	78.40 %	43.95 %
Total Workers	501	258	243
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	464	227	237

Caste Factor

Puijanga village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 29.38 % of total population in Puijanga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Puijanga village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Puijanga village out of total population, 501 were engaged in work activities. 7.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 501 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.