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Tukya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tukya is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 206 families residing. The Tukya village has population of 1079 of which 543 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tukya village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tukya village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tukya as per census is 1179, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Tukya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tukya village was 69.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tukya Male literacy stands at 85.50 % while female literacy rate was 52.52 %.

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

Tukya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 1,079 543 536
Child (0-6) 146 67 79
Schedule Caste 99 46 53
Schedule Tribe 430 217 213
Literacy 69.35 % 85.50 % 52.52 %
Total Workers 643 324 319
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 372 104 268

Caste Factor

In Tukya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.18 % of total population in Tukya village.

Work Profile

In Tukya village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 42.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.