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Puria Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Puria is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 128 families residing. The Puria village has population of 531 of which 269 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puria village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 12.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puria village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puria as per census is 811, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Puria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puria village was 59.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puria Male literacy stands at 61.64 % while female literacy rate was 56.90 %.

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

Puria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 128 - -
Population 531 269 262
Child (0-6) 67 37 30
Schedule Caste 72 34 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.27 % 61.64 % 56.90 %
Total Workers 162 149 13
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.56 % of total population in Puria village. The village Puria currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puria village out of total population, 162 were engaged in work activities. 98.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 162 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.