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Shursa Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Shursa is a medium size village located in Kaliaganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 322 families residing. The Shursa village has population of 1447 of which 739 are males while 708 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shursa village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 13.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shursa village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shursa as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shursa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shursa village was 64.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shursa Male literacy stands at 74.53 % while female literacy rate was 53.31 %.

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

Shursa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,447 739 708
Child (0-6) 192 103 89
Schedule Caste 1,358 697 661
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 64.06 % 74.53 % 53.31 %
Total Workers 625 446 179
Main Worker 458 - -
Marginal Worker 167 35 132

Caste Factor

In Shursa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.85 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.48 % of total population in Shursa village.

Work Profile

In Shursa village out of total population, 625 were engaged in work activities. 73.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 625 workers engaged in Main Work, 199 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.