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Oldi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Oldi is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 334 families residing. The Oldi village has population of 1797 of which 911 are males while 886 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Oldi village population of children with age 0-6 is 291 which makes up 16.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Oldi village is 973 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Oldi as per census is 1035, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Oldi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Oldi village was 64.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Oldi Male literacy stands at 83.46 % while female literacy rate was 45.26 %.

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

Oldi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,797 911 886
Child (0-6) 291 143 148
Schedule Caste 182 86 96
Schedule Tribe 26 15 11
Literacy 64.74 % 83.46 % 45.26 %
Total Workers 840 488 352
Main Worker 579 - -
Marginal Worker 261 83 178

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.13 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.45 % of total population in Oldi village.

Work Profile

In Oldi village out of total population, 840 were engaged in work activities. 68.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 840 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.