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Penchara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Penchara is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 228 families residing. The Penchara village has population of 1083 of which 554 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Penchara village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Penchara village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Penchara as per census is 841, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Penchara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Penchara village was 56.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Penchara Male literacy stands at 68.25 % while female literacy rate was 43.52 %.

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

Penchara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 228 - -
Population 1,083 554 529
Child (0-6) 127 69 58
Schedule Caste 104 50 54
Schedule Tribe 226 125 101
Literacy 56.07 % 68.25 % 43.52 %
Total Workers 574 287 287
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 311 67 244

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 20.87 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.60 % of total population in Penchara village.

Work Profile

In Penchara village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 45.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 141 were Agricultural labourer.