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Ajodhya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ajodhya is a medium size village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 327 families residing. The Ajodhya village has population of 1648 of which 890 are males while 758 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ajodhya village population of children with age 0-6 is 296 which makes up 17.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ajodhya village is 852 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ajodhya as per census is 1014, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ajodhya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ajodhya village was 50.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ajodhya Male literacy stands at 65.95 % while female literacy rate was 32.18 %.

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

Ajodhya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 327 - -
Population 1,648 890 758
Child (0-6) 296 147 149
Schedule Caste 179 89 90
Schedule Tribe 1,237 627 610
Literacy 50.74 % 65.95 % 32.18 %
Total Workers 772 512 260
Main Worker 392 - -
Marginal Worker 380 189 191

Caste Factor

In Ajodhya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.06 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.86 % of total population in Ajodhya village.

Work Profile

In Ajodhya village out of total population, 772 were engaged in work activities. 50.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 772 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.