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Turku Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Turku is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 85 families residing. The Turku village has population of 529 of which 267 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turku village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turku village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Turku as per census is 786, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Turku village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Turku village was 68.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Turku Male literacy stands at 81.33 % while female literacy rate was 55.02 %.

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

Turku Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 529 267 262
Child (0-6) 75 42 33
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.06 % 81.33 % 55.02 %
Total Workers 132 121 11
Main Worker 94 - -
Marginal Worker 38 32 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.51 % of total population in Turku village. The village Turku currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Turku village out of total population, 132 were engaged in work activities. 71.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 132 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.