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Ghoratika Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ghoratika is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 124 families residing. The Ghoratika village has population of 595 of which 299 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghoratika village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghoratika village is 990 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghoratika as per census is 1125, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghoratika village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghoratika village was 54.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghoratika Male literacy stands at 68.16 % while female literacy rate was 40.77 %.

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

Ghoratika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 595 299 296
Child (0-6) 68 32 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 539 266 273
Literacy 54.65 % 68.16 % 40.77 %
Total Workers 353 182 171
Main Worker 66 - -
Marginal Worker 287 124 163

Caste Factor

In Ghoratika village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 90.59 % of total population in Ghoratika village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ghoratika village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Ghoratika village out of total population, 353 were engaged in work activities. 18.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 353 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.