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Buran Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Buran is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 152 families residing. The Buran village has population of 652 of which 343 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Buran village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 9.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Buran village is 901 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Buran as per census is 686, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Buran village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Buran village was 78.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Buran Male literacy stands at 84.09 % while female literacy rate was 71.58 %.

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

Buran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 152 - -
Population 652 343 309
Child (0-6) 59 35 24
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.08 % 84.09 % 71.58 %
Total Workers 289 241 48
Main Worker 202 - -
Marginal Worker 87 46 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.77 % of total population in Buran village. The village Buran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Buran village out of total population, 289 were engaged in work activities. 69.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 289 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.