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Rajra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Rajra is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 328 families residing. The Rajra village has population of 1532 of which 776 are males while 756 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rajra village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Rajra as per census is 882, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Rajra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Rajra village was 70.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Rajra Male literacy stands at 85.46 % while female literacy rate was 54.65 %.

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

Rajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,532 776 756
Child (0-6) 192 102 90
Schedule Caste 678 336 342
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 70.15 % 85.46 % 54.65 %
Total Workers 571 425 146
Main Worker 221 - -
Marginal Worker 350 212 138

Caste Factor

In Rajra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Rajra village.

Work Profile

In Rajra village out of total population, 571 were engaged in work activities. 38.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 571 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.