Turturi Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Turturi is a large village located in Alipurduar - II Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 474 families residing. The Turturi village has population of 2057 of which 1065 are males while 992 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turturi village population of children with age 0-6 is 272 which makes up 13.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turturi village is 931 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Turturi as per census is 876, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Turturi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Turturi village was 66.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Turturi Male literacy stands at 72.93 % while female literacy rate was 59.31 %.

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

Turturi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	474	-	-
Population	2,057	1,065	992
Child (0-6)	272	145	127
Schedule Caste	773	405	368
Schedule Tribe	1,041	535	506
Literacy	66.33 %	72.93 %	59.31 %
Total Workers	904	630	274
Main Worker	417	-	-
Marginal Worker	487	267	220

Caste Factor

In Turturi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 37.58 % of total population in Turturi village.

Work Profile

In Turturi village out of total population, 904 were engaged in work activities. 46.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 904 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.