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Seja Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Seja is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 312 families residing. The Seja village has population of 1531 of which 771 are males while 760 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Seja village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Seja village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Seja as per census is 949, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Seja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Seja village was 61.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Seja Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 48.05 %.

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

Seja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 312 - -
Population 1,531 771 760
Child (0-6) 193 99 94
Schedule Caste 145 80 65
Schedule Tribe 785 383 402
Literacy 61.58 % 75.00 % 48.05 %
Total Workers 732 406 326
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 692 377 315

Caste Factor

In Seja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.27 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.47 % of total population in Seja village.

Work Profile

In Seja village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 5.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.