Phuljam Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Phuljam is a medium size village located in Gangajalghati Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 363 families residing. The Phuljam village has population of 1567 of which 806 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Phuljam village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 14.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Phuljam village is 944 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Phuljam as per census is 852, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Phuljam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Phuljam village was 57.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Phuljam Male literacy stands at 71.78 % while female literacy rate was 42.31 %.

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

Phuljam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	363	-	-
Population	1,567	806	761
Child (0-6)	226	122	104
Schedule Caste	1,183	593	590
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	57.35 %	71.78 %	42.31 %
Total Workers	384	363	21
Main Worker	61	-	-
Marginal Worker	323	309	14

Caste Factor

In Phuljam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.49 % of total population in Phuljam village. The village Phuljam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Phuljam village out of total population, 384 were engaged in work activities. 15.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 384 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.