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Purucha Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Purucha is a medium size village located in Ausgram - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 100 families residing. The Purucha village has population of 460 of which 230 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purucha village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 9.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purucha village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purucha as per census is 1048, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purucha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purucha village was 68.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purucha Male literacy stands at 77.99 % while female literacy rate was 58.17 %.

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

Purucha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 460 230 230
Child (0-6) 43 21 22
Schedule Caste 302 147 155
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.11 % 77.99 % 58.17 %
Total Workers 156 150 6
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 138 135 3

Caste Factor

In Purucha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.65 % of total population in Purucha village. The village Purucha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purucha village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 11.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.