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Chandra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chandra is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Chandra village has population of 510 of which 270 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chandra village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 12.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chandra village is 889 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chandra as per census is 833, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Chandra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chandra village was 72.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chandra Male literacy stands at 88.89 % while female literacy rate was 54.29 %.

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

Chandra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 510 270 240
Child (0-6) 66 36 30
Schedule Caste 95 51 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.52 % 88.89 % 54.29 %
Total Workers 155 149 6
Main Worker 120 - -
Marginal Worker 35 33 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.63 % of total population in Chandra village. The village Chandra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chandra village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 77.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.