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Selani Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Selani is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 166 families residing. The Selani village has population of 834 of which 417 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Selani village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 14.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Selani village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Selani as per census is 1102, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Selani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Selani village was 67.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Selani Male literacy stands at 82.40 % while female literacy rate was 52.56 %.

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

Selani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 834 417 417
Child (0-6) 124 59 65
Schedule Caste 25 14 11
Schedule Tribe 182 96 86
Literacy 67.61 % 82.40 % 52.56 %
Total Workers 305 240 65
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 228 167 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 21.82 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.00 % of total population in Selani village.

Work Profile

In Selani village out of total population, 305 were engaged in work activities. 25.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 305 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.