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Dhurpa Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Dhurpa is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 176 families residing. The Dhurpa village has population of 741 of which 391 are males while 350 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhurpa village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 11.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhurpa village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhurpa as per census is 1150, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhurpa village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhurpa village was 89.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhurpa Male literacy stands at 96.58 % while female literacy rate was 80.26 %.

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

Dhurpa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 176 - -
Population 741 391 350
Child (0-6) 86 40 46
Schedule Caste 21 13 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.01 % 96.58 % 80.26 %
Total Workers 271 240 31
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 231 204 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.83 % of total population in Dhurpa village. The village Dhurpa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhurpa village out of total population, 271 were engaged in work activities. 14.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 271 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.