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Janra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Janra is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 210 families residing. The Janra village has population of 1058 of which 509 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Janra village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 12.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Janra village is 1079 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Janra as per census is 797, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Janra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Janra village was 49.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Janra Male literacy stands at 63.91 % while female literacy rate was 36.12 %.

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

Janra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,058 509 549
Child (0-6) 133 74 59
Schedule Caste 218 100 118
Schedule Tribe 23 12 11
Literacy 49.19 % 63.91 % 36.12 %
Total Workers 600 288 312
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 350 87 263

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.17 % of total population in Janra village.

Work Profile

In Janra village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 41.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 190 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.