Kashtagora Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kashtagora is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Kashtagora village has population of 668 of which 328 are males while 340 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kashtagora village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 15.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kashtagora village is 1037 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kashtagora as per census is 1537, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kashtagora village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kashtagora village was 65.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kashtagora Male literacy stands at 80.49 % while female literacy rate was 50.90 %.

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

Kashtagora Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	668	328	340
Child (0-6)	104	41	63
Schedule Caste	364	172	192
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.96 %	80.49 %	50.90 %
Total Workers	223	179	44
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	197	157	40

Caste Factor

In Kashtagora village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.49 % of total population in Kashtagora village. The village Kashtagora currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kashtagora village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 11.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.