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Nishchintapur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Nishchintapur is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 233 families residing. The Nishchintapur village has population of 1204 of which 594 are males while 610 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nishchintapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 12.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nishchintapur village is 1027 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nishchintapur as per census is 1108, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nishchintapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nishchintapur village was 54.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nishchintapur Male literacy stands at 72.50 % while female literacy rate was 35.98 %.

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

Nishchintapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 233 - -
Population 1,204 594 610
Child (0-6) 156 74 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 860 417 443
Literacy 54.10 % 72.50 % 35.98 %
Total Workers 741 361 380
Main Worker 328 - -
Marginal Worker 413 113 300

Caste Factor

In Nishchintapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 71.43 % of total population in Nishchintapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nishchintapur village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Nishchintapur village out of total population, 741 were engaged in work activities. 44.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 741 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.