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Bahukakata Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bahukakata is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 116 families residing. The Bahukakata village has population of 593 of which 288 are males while 305 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahukakata village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahukakata village is 1059 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahukakata as per census is 846, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bahukakata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahukakata village was 46.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bahukakata Male literacy stands at 55.82 % while female literacy rate was 37.87 %.

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

Bahukakata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 593 288 305
Child (0-6) 72 39 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 579 282 297
Literacy 46.45 % 55.82 % 37.87 %
Total Workers 304 145 159
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 272 115 157

Caste Factor

In Bahukakata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.64 % of total population in Bahukakata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bahukakata village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Bahukakata village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 10.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.