Sankura Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sankura is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 168 families residing. The Sankura village has population of 770 of which 386 are males while 384 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankura village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 10.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankura village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankura as per census is 1424, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sankura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankura village was 66.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sankura Male literacy stands at 81.30 % while female literacy rate was 51.34 %.

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

Sankura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	168	-	-
Population	770	386	384
Child (0-6)	80	33	47
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	641	317	324
Literacy	66.67 %	81.30 %	51.34 %
Total Workers	485	234	251
Main Worker	169	-	-
Marginal Worker	316	81	235

Caste Factor

In Sankura village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.25 % of total population in Sankura village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sankura village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Sankura village out of total population, 485 were engaged in work activities. 34.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 485 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.