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Delang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Delang is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 369 families residing. The Delang village has population of 1739 of which 875 are males while 864 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Delang village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 12.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Delang village is 987 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Delang as per census is 870, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Delang village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Delang village was 72.11 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Delang Male literacy stands at 81.84 % while female literacy rate was 62.43 %.

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

Delang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 369 - -
Population 1,739 875 864
Child (0-6) 215 115 100
Schedule Caste 317 154 163
Schedule Tribe 3 1 2
Literacy 72.11 % 81.84 % 62.43 %
Total Workers 919 529 390
Main Worker 404 - -
Marginal Worker 515 283 232

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.23 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.17 % of total population in Delang village.

Work Profile

In Delang village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 43.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.