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Bankata Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bankata is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Bankata village has population of 719 of which 374 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bankata village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 14.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bankata village is 922 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bankata as per census is 1341, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bankata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bankata village was 47.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bankata Male literacy stands at 66.36 % while female literacy rate was 25.17 %.

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

Bankata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 719 374 345
Child (0-6) 103 44 59
Schedule Caste 408 201 207
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.24 % 66.36 % 25.17 %
Total Workers 381 208 173
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 267 110 157

Caste Factor

In Bankata village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.75 % of total population in Bankata village. The village Bankata currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bankata village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 29.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.