Boch Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Boch is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Boch village has population of 610 of which 331 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Boch village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 12.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Boch village is 843 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Boch as per census is 660, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Boch village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Boch village was 64.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Boch Male literacy stands at 80.28 % while female literacy rate was 46.77 %.

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

Boch Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	610	331	279
Child (0-6)	78	47	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	610	331	279
Literacy	64.66 %	80.28 %	46.77 %
Total Workers	400	214	186
Main Worker	121	-	-
Marginal Worker	279	98	181

Caste Factor

In Boch village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Boch village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Boch village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Boch village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 30.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.