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Pakurya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Pakurya is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 257 families residing. The Pakurya village has population of 1289 of which 654 are males while 635 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pakurya village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pakurya village is 971 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pakurya as per census is 827, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Pakurya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pakurya village was 86.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pakurya Male literacy stands at 88.66 % while female literacy rate was 84.51 %.

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

Pakurya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,289 654 635
Child (0-6) 148 81 67
Schedule Caste 181 100 81
Schedule Tribe 9 6 3
Literacy 86.59 % 88.66 % 84.51 %
Total Workers 474 362 112
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 357 262 95

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.70 % of total population in Pakurya village.

Work Profile

In Pakurya village out of total population, 474 were engaged in work activities. 24.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 474 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.