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Belkura Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Belkura is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 294 families residing. The Belkura village has population of 1622 of which 845 are males while 777 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belkura village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 14.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belkura village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Belkura as per census is 894, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Belkura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Belkura village was 73.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Belkura Male literacy stands at 89.20 % while female literacy rate was 55.62 %.

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

Belkura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 294 - -
Population 1,622 845 777
Child (0-6) 233 123 110
Schedule Caste 427 222 205
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.07 % 89.20 % 55.62 %
Total Workers 555 436 119
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 318 207 111

Caste Factor

Belkura village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.33 % of total population in Belkura village. The village Belkura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Belkura village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 42.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.