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Chepua Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chepua is a large village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 440 families residing. The Chepua village has population of 2209 of which 1090 are males while 1119 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chepua village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 13.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chepua village is 1027 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chepua as per census is 940, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chepua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chepua village was 65.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chepua Male literacy stands at 80.45 % while female literacy rate was 52.09 %.

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

Chepua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 440 - -
Population 2,209 1,090 1,119
Child (0-6) 289 149 140
Schedule Caste 128 62 66
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.99 % 80.45 % 52.09 %
Total Workers 820 582 238
Main Worker 427 - -
Marginal Worker 393 224 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.79 % of total population in Chepua village. The village Chepua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chepua village out of total population, 820 were engaged in work activities. 52.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 820 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.