Purda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Purda is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 281 families residing. The Purda village has population of 1593 of which 822 are males while 771 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purda village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purda village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purda as per census is 1049, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purda village was 61.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purda Male literacy stands at 78.57 % while female literacy rate was 42.77 %.

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

Purda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	281	-	-
Population	1,593	822	771
Child (0-6)	250	122	128
Schedule Caste	531	274	257
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.43 %	78.57 %	42.77 %
Total Workers	679	435	244
Main Worker	315	-	-
Marginal Worker	364	135	229

Caste Factor

Purda village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.33 % of total population in Purda village. The village Purda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purda village out of total population, 679 were engaged in work activities. 46.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 679 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 142 were Agricultural labourer.