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Ketika Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ketika is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 192 families residing. The Ketika village has population of 1092 of which 549 are males while 543 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ketika village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 14.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ketika village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ketika as per census is 1151, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ketika village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ketika village was 72.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ketika Male literacy stands at 85.50 % while female literacy rate was 58.61 %.

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

Ketika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 192 - -
Population 1,092 549 543
Child (0-6) 157 73 84
Schedule Caste 101 51 50
Schedule Tribe 73 42 31
Literacy 72.30 % 85.50 % 58.61 %
Total Workers 368 291 77
Main Worker 242 - -
Marginal Worker 126 76 50

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.25 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.68 % of total population in Ketika village.

Work Profile

In Ketika village out of total population, 368 were engaged in work activities. 65.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 368 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.