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Peretorang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Peretorang is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 147 families residing. The Peretorang village has population of 660 of which 311 are males while 349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Peretorang village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 14.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Peretorang village is 1122 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Peretorang as per census is 1022, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Peretorang village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Peretorang village was 71.08 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Peretorang Male literacy stands at 82.64 % while female literacy rate was 60.93 %.

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

Peretorang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 147 - -
Population 660 311 349
Child (0-6) 93 46 47
Schedule Caste 88 42 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.08 % 82.64 % 60.93 %
Total Workers 426 210 216
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 271 71 200

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.33 % of total population in Peretorang village. The village Peretorang currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Peretorang village out of total population, 426 were engaged in work activities. 36.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 426 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.