Uparra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Uparra is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 352 families residing. The Uparra village has population of 1836 of which 927 are males while 909 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Uparra village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 13.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Uparra village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Uparra as per census is 854, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Uparra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Uparra village was 66.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Uparra Male literacy stands at 78.04 % while female literacy rate was 55.01 %.

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

Uparra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	352	-	-
Population	1,836	927	909
Child (0-6)	241	130	111
Schedule Caste	740	373	367
Schedule Tribe	932	471	461
Literacy	66.52 %	78.04 %	55.01 %
Total Workers	938	510	428
Main Worker	386	-	-
Marginal Worker	552	187	365

Caste Factor

In Uparra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.76 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 40.31 % of total population in Uparra village.

Work Profile

In Uparra village out of total population, 938 were engaged in work activities. 41.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 938 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 226 were Agricultural labourer.