Burisahar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Burisahar is a small village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 32 families residing. The Burisahar village has population of 155 of which 83 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burisahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 23 which makes up 14.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burisahar village is 867 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Burisahar as per census is 643, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Burisahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Burisahar village was 69.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Burisahar Male literacy stands at 82.61 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Burisahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	32	-	-
Population	155	83	72
Child (0-6)	23	14	9
Schedule Caste	95	47	48
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.70 %	82.61 %	55.56 %
Total Workers	51	47	4
Main Worker	14	-	-
Marginal Worker	37	33	4

Caste Factor

In Burisahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.29 % of total population in Burisahar village. The village Burisahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Burisahar village out of total population, 51 were engaged in work activities. 27.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 51 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.