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Chandra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chandra is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 224 families residing. The Chandra village has population of 1172 of which 593 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandra village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 12.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandra village is 976 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandra as per census is 924, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chandra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandra village was 62.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chandra Male literacy stands at 79.96 % while female literacy rate was 44.07 %.

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

Chandra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 224 - -
Population 1,172 593 579
Child (0-6) 152 79 73
Schedule Caste 467 237 230
Schedule Tribe 138 69 69
Literacy 62.16 % 79.96 % 44.07 %
Total Workers 573 370 203
Main Worker 247 - -
Marginal Worker 326 160 166

Caste Factor

In Chandra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.85 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.77 % of total population in Chandra village.

Work Profile

In Chandra village out of total population, 573 were engaged in work activities. 43.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 573 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.