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Kuchi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kuchi is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 216 families residing. The Kuchi village has population of 1003 of which 503 are males while 500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kuchi village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kuchi village is 994 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kuchi as per census is 894, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kuchi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kuchi village was 50.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kuchi Male literacy stands at 63.64 % while female literacy rate was 37.97 %.

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

Kuchi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,003 503 500
Child (0-6) 161 85 76
Schedule Caste 222 112 110
Schedule Tribe 395 187 208
Literacy 50.71 % 63.64 % 37.97 %
Total Workers 551 283 268
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 445 184 261

Caste Factor

In Kuchi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.38 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.13 % of total population in Kuchi village.

Work Profile

In Kuchi village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 19.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.