Puria Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Puria is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 235 families residing. The Puria village has population of 1023 of which 540 are males while 483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puria village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 10.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puria village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puria as per census is 677, 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 57.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puria Male literacy stands at 63.81 % while female literacy rate was 50.11 %.

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	235	-	-
Population	1,023	540	483
Child (0-6)	104	62	42
Schedule Caste	560	306	254
Schedule Tribe	280	141	139
Literacy	57.24 %	63.81 %	50.11 %
Total Workers	642	345	297
Main Worker	290	-	-
Marginal Worker	352	78	274

Caste Factor

In Puria village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 27.37 % of total population in Puria village.

Work Profile

In Puria village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 45.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 77 were Agricultural labourer.