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Dhurahi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhurahi is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 196 families residing. The Dhurahi village has population of 1108 of which 568 are males while 540 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhurahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 12.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhurahi village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhurahi as per census is 901, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhurahi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhurahi village was 79.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhurahi Male literacy stands at 92.15 % while female literacy rate was 65.97 %.

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

Dhurahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,108 568 540
Child (0-6) 135 71 64
Schedule Caste 11 7 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.34 % 92.15 % 65.97 %
Total Workers 508 294 214
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 272 66 206

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.99 % of total population in Dhurahi village. The village Dhurahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dhurahi village out of total population, 508 were engaged in work activities. 46.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 508 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.