Erendi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Erendi is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 264 families residing. The Erendi village has population of 1608 of which 807 are males while 801 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Erendi village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 13.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Erendi village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Erendi as per census is 912, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Erendi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Erendi village was 63.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Erendi Male literacy stands at 74.75 % while female literacy rate was 52.08 %.

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

Erendi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	264	-	-
Population	1,608	807	801
Child (0-6)	218	114	104
Schedule Caste	811	390	421
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.38 %	74.75 %	52.08 %
Total Workers	526	387	139
Main Worker	176	-	-
Marginal Worker	350	226	124

Caste Factor

In Erendi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.44 % of total population in Erendi village. The village Erendi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Erendi village out of total population, 526 were engaged in work activities. 33.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 526 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.