Sarmali Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sarmali is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 105 families residing. The Sarmali village has population of 536 of which 269 are males while 267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarmali village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 17.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarmali village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarmali as per census is 979, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sarmali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarmali village was 37.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sarmali Male literacy stands at 46.40 % while female literacy rate was 27.60 %.

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

Sarmali Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	105	-	-
Population	536	269	267
Child (0-6)	93	47	46
Schedule Caste	167	79	88
Schedule Tribe	167	83	84
Literacy	37.02 %	46.40 %	27.60 %
Total Workers	258	137	121
Main Worker	202	-	-
Marginal Worker	56	21	35

Caste Factor

In Sarmali village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.16 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 31.16 % of total population in Sarmali village.

Work Profile

In Sarmali village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 78.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.