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Tal Sankra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tal Sankra is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 248 families residing. The Tal Sankra village has population of 1335 of which 696 are males while 639 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tal Sankra village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 12.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tal Sankra village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tal Sankra as per census is 730, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tal Sankra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tal Sankra village was 55.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tal Sankra Male literacy stands at 65.77 % while female literacy rate was 45.58 %.

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

Tal Sankra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,335 696 639
Child (0-6) 173 100 73
Schedule Caste 442 227 215
Schedule Tribe 359 193 166
Literacy 55.94 % 65.77 % 45.58 %
Total Workers 465 394 71
Main Worker 258 - -
Marginal Worker 207 142 65

Caste Factor

In Tal Sankra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.11 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 26.89 % of total population in Tal Sankra village.

Work Profile

In Tal Sankra village out of total population, 465 were engaged in work activities. 55.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 465 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.