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Tamakhun Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tamakhun is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 237 families residing. The Tamakhun village has population of 1098 of which 569 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tamakhun village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tamakhun village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tamakhun as per census is 1032, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Tamakhun village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tamakhun village was 57.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tamakhun Male literacy stands at 71.60 % while female literacy rate was 42.15 %.

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

Tamakhun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 237 - -
Population 1,098 569 529
Child (0-6) 126 62 64
Schedule Caste 146 88 58
Schedule Tribe 698 355 343
Literacy 57.51 % 71.60 % 42.15 %
Total Workers 673 345 328
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 642 320 322

Caste Factor

In Tamakhun village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.57 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 13.30 % of total population in Tamakhun village.

Work Profile

In Tamakhun village out of total population, 673 were engaged in work activities. 4.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 673 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.