Puara Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Puara is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 368 families residing. The Puara village has population of 1783 of which 946 are males while 837 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puara village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 11.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puara village is 885 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Puara as per census is 710, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Puara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Puara village was 66.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Puara Male literacy stands at 78.10 % while female literacy rate was 54.07 %.

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

Puara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	368	-	-
Population	1,783	946	837
Child (0-6)	212	124	88
Schedule Caste	921	489	432
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.65 %	78.10 %	54.07 %
Total Workers	699	490	209
Main Worker	585	-	-
Marginal Worker	114	42	72

Caste Factor

In Puara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.65 % of total population in Puara village. The village Puara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puara village out of total population, 699 were engaged in work activities. 83.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 699 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 249 were Agricultural labourer.