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Sosokhas Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sosokhas is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 353 families residing. The Sosokhas village has population of 1820 of which 955 are males while 865 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sosokhas village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sosokhas village is 906 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sosokhas as per census is 1031, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sosokhas village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sosokhas village was 60.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sosokhas Male literacy stands at 76.69 % while female literacy rate was 41.96 %.

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

Sosokhas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,820 955 865
Child (0-6) 258 127 131
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 437 225 212
Literacy 60.37 % 76.69 % 41.96 %
Total Workers 873 483 390
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 528 241 287

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.01 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.05 % of total population in Sosokhas village.

Work Profile

In Sosokhas village out of total population, 873 were engaged in work activities. 39.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 873 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.