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Jamkuri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jamkuri is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 216 families residing. The Jamkuri village has population of 1064 of which 553 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jamkuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 16.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jamkuri village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jamkuri as per census is 892, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jamkuri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jamkuri village was 57.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jamkuri Male literacy stands at 71.09 % while female literacy rate was 43.69 %.

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

Jamkuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,064 553 511
Child (0-6) 176 93 83
Schedule Caste 114 59 55
Schedule Tribe 17 10 7
Literacy 57.88 % 71.09 % 43.69 %
Total Workers 448 281 167
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 287 125 162

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.71 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.60 % of total population in Jamkuri village.

Work Profile

In Jamkuri village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 35.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.