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Purulia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purulia is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 125 families residing. The Purulia village has population of 488 of which 249 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purulia village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purulia as per census is 1391, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purulia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purulia village was 95.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purulia Male literacy stands at 98.23 % while female literacy rate was 91.79 %.

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

Purulia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 488 249 239
Child (0-6) 55 23 32
Schedule Caste 88 45 43
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.15 % 98.23 % 91.79 %
Total Workers 145 134 11
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 130 119 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.03 % of total population in Purulia village. The village Purulia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purulia village out of total population, 145 were engaged in work activities. 10.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 145 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.