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Potapukhuria Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Potapukhuria is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Potapukhuria village has population of 384 of which 201 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Potapukhuria village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 8.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Potapukhuria village is 910 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Potapukhuria as per census is 1214, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Potapukhuria village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Potapukhuria village was 94.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Potapukhuria Male literacy stands at 98.93 % while female literacy rate was 89.16 %.

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

Potapukhuria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 384 201 183
Child (0-6) 31 14 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.33 % 98.93 % 89.16 %
Total Workers 150 122 28
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 35 18 17

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Potapukhuria village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Potapukhuria village out of total population, 150 were engaged in work activities. 76.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 150 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.