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Uka Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Uka is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 259 families residing. The Uka village has population of 1262 of which 655 are males while 607 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Uka village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Uka village is 927 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Uka as per census is 851, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Uka village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Uka village was 72.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Uka Male literacy stands at 89.08 % while female literacy rate was 53.85 %.

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

Uka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,262 655 607
Child (0-6) 161 87 74
Schedule Caste 316 168 148
Schedule Tribe 16 7 9
Literacy 72.03 % 89.08 % 53.85 %
Total Workers 433 332 101
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 124 53 71

Caste Factor

Uka village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.27 % of total population in Uka village.

Work Profile

In Uka village out of total population, 433 were engaged in work activities. 71.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 433 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.