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Pakurya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Pakurya is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 557 families residing. The Pakurya village has population of 2523 of which 1325 are males while 1198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pakurya village population of children with age 0-6 is 311 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pakurya village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pakurya as per census is 798, 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 89.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pakurya Male literacy stands at 94.10 % while female literacy rate was 83.77 %.

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 557 - -
Population 2,523 1,325 1,198
Child (0-6) 311 173 138
Schedule Caste 507 266 241
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.15 % 94.10 % 83.77 %
Total Workers 888 779 109
Main Worker 582 - -
Marginal Worker 306 269 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.10 % of total population in Pakurya village. The village Pakurya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pakurya village out of total population, 888 were engaged in work activities. 65.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 888 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.