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Purihasa Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Purihasa is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Purihasa village has population of 660 of which 313 are males while 347 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purihasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 16.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purihasa village is 1109 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purihasa as per census is 1255, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purihasa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purihasa village was 57.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purihasa Male literacy stands at 72.93 % while female literacy rate was 42.71 %.

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

Purihasa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 660 313 347
Child (0-6) 106 47 59
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 77 35 42
Literacy 57.22 % 72.93 % 42.71 %
Total Workers 337 195 142
Main Worker 318 - -
Marginal Worker 19 3 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.67 % of total population in Purihasa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purihasa village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Purihasa village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 94.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 82 were Agricultural labourer.