Telkupi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Telkupi is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 81 families residing. The Telkupi village has population of 510 of which 268 are males while 242 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Telkupi village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 12.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Telkupi village is 903 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Telkupi as per census is 1207, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Telkupi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Telkupi village was 61.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Telkupi Male literacy stands at 79.92 % while female literacy rate was 41.06 %.

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

Telkupi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	81	-	-
Population	510	268	242
Child (0-6)	64	29	35
Schedule Caste	203	107	96
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.88 %	79.92 %	41.06 %
Total Workers	289	156	133
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	272	139	133

Caste Factor

In Telkupi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.80 % of total population in Telkupi village. The village Telkupi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Telkupi village out of total population, 289 were engaged in work activities. 5.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 289 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.