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Paranpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Paranpur is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 96 families residing. The Paranpur village has population of 563 of which 286 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paranpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 16.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paranpur village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paranpur as per census is 774, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paranpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paranpur village was 62.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paranpur Male literacy stands at 75.54 % while female literacy rate was 48.73 %.

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

Paranpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 96 - -
Population 563 286 277
Child (0-6) 94 53 41
Schedule Caste 202 104 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.05 % 75.54 % 48.73 %
Total Workers 204 163 41
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 164 127 37

Caste Factor

In Paranpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.88 % of total population in Paranpur village. The village Paranpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paranpur village out of total population, 204 were engaged in work activities. 19.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 204 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.