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Purkhan Chak Population - Gaya, Bihar

Purkhan Chak is a medium size village located in Dumaria Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 284 families residing. The Purkhan Chak village has population of 1627 of which 833 are males while 794 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purkhan Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 317 which makes up 19.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purkhan Chak village is 953 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Purkhan Chak as per census is 994, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Purkhan Chak village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Purkhan Chak village was 69.62 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Purkhan Chak Male literacy stands at 73.00 % while female literacy rate was 66.04 %.

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

Purkhan Chak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,627 833 794
Child (0-6) 317 159 158
Schedule Caste 508 258 250
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.62 % 73.00 % 66.04 %
Total Workers 516 351 165
Main Worker 111 - -
Marginal Worker 405 249 156

Caste Factor

Purkhan Chak village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.22 % of total population in Purkhan Chak village. The village Purkhan Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purkhan Chak village out of total population, 516 were engaged in work activities. 21.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 516 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.