Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Kerar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kerar is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 75 families residing. The Kerar village has population of 374 of which 192 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerar village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 9.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerar village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerar as per census is 1400, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kerar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerar village was 78.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kerar Male literacy stands at 94.35 % while female literacy rate was 60.87 %.

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

Kerar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 374 192 182
Child (0-6) 36 15 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 51 30 21
Literacy 78.40 % 94.35 % 60.87 %
Total Workers 214 106 108
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 78 4 74

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 13.64 % of total population in Kerar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kerar village out of total population, 214 were engaged in work activities. 63.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 214 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.