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Tunta Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tunta is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 161 families residing. The Tunta village has population of 906 of which 470 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tunta village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 17.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tunta village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tunta as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tunta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tunta village was 53.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tunta Male literacy stands at 67.18 % while female literacy rate was 37.67 %.

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

Tunta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 906 470 436
Child (0-6) 155 80 75
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 57 30 27
Literacy 53.00 % 67.18 % 37.67 %
Total Workers 367 257 110
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 147 118 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.29 % of total population in Tunta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tunta village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Tunta village out of total population, 367 were engaged in work activities. 59.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 367 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.