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Banda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Banda is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 114 families residing. The Banda village has population of 635 of which 322 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banda village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 12.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banda village is 972 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Banda as per census is 925, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Banda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Banda village was 64.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Banda Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 45.65 %.

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

Banda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 114 - -
Population 635 322 313
Child (0-6) 77 40 37
Schedule Caste 588 295 293
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.70 % 83.33 % 45.65 %
Total Workers 335 179 156
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 296 149 147

Caste Factor

In Banda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 92.60 % of total population in Banda village. The village Banda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banda village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 11.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.