Layekdi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Layekdi is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 151 families residing. The Layekdi village has population of 689 of which 345 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Layekdi village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 19.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Layekdi village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Layekdi as per census is 1310, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Layekdi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Layekdi village was 64.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Layekdi Male literacy stands at 83.28 % while female literacy rate was 45.15 %.

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

Layekdi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	151	-	-
Population	689	345	344
Child (0-6)	134	58	76
Schedule Caste	440	221	219
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.86 %	83.28 %	45.15 %
Total Workers	413	210	203
Main Worker	8	-	-
Marginal Worker	405	205	200

Caste Factor

In Layekdi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.86 % of total population in Layekdi village. The village Layekdi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Layekdi village out of total population, 413 were engaged in work activities. 1.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 98.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 413 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.