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Rukhia Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Rukhia is a large village located in Falta Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 553 families residing. The Rukhia village has population of 2680 of which 1345 are males while 1335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rukhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 440 which makes up 16.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rukhia village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rukhia as per census is 1037, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Rukhia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rukhia village was 57.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rukhia Male literacy stands at 63.33 % while female literacy rate was 51.76 %.

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

Rukhia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 553 - -
Population 2,680 1,345 1,335
Child (0-6) 440 216 224
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.59 % 63.33 % 51.76 %
Total Workers 899 759 140
Main Worker 611 - -
Marginal Worker 288 257 31

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Rukhia village of South Twenty Four Parganas district.

Work Profile

In Rukhia village out of total population, 899 were engaged in work activities. 67.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 899 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.