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Purunda Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Purunda is a medium size village located in Dantan - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 342 families residing. The Purunda village has population of 1654 of which 865 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 11.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purunda village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purunda as per census is 707, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purunda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purunda village was 85.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purunda Male literacy stands at 93.06 % while female literacy rate was 77.51 %.

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

Purunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 342 - -
Population 1,654 865 789
Child (0-6) 198 116 82
Schedule Caste 51 25 26
Schedule Tribe 293 151 142
Literacy 85.51 % 93.06 % 77.51 %
Total Workers 655 514 141
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 99 31 68

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 17.71 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.08 % of total population in Purunda village.

Work Profile

In Purunda village out of total population, 655 were engaged in work activities. 84.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 655 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 219 were Agricultural labourer.