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Purdaha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Purdaha is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 260 families residing. The Purdaha village has population of 1231 of which 597 are males while 634 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purdaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 12.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purdaha village is 1062 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purdaha as per census is 845, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purdaha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purdaha village was 49.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purdaha Male literacy stands at 67.25 % while female literacy rate was 33.57 %.

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

Purdaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,231 597 634
Child (0-6) 155 84 71
Schedule Caste 21 11 10
Schedule Tribe 1,013 494 519
Literacy 49.63 % 67.25 % 33.57 %
Total Workers 755 351 404
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 732 330 402

Caste Factor

In Purdaha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 82.29 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.71 % of total population in Purdaha village.

Work Profile

In Purdaha village out of total population, 755 were engaged in work activities. 3.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 755 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.