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Urusharam Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Urusharam is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 256 families residing. The Urusharam village has population of 1289 of which 656 are males while 633 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urusharam village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 16.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urusharam village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Urusharam as per census is 1076, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Urusharam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Urusharam village was 50.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Urusharam Male literacy stands at 66.79 % while female literacy rate was 32.88 %.

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

Urusharam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 256 - -
Population 1,289 656 633
Child (0-6) 218 105 113
Schedule Caste 111 54 57
Schedule Tribe 87 47 40
Literacy 50.33 % 66.79 % 32.88 %
Total Workers 565 366 199
Main Worker 546 - -
Marginal Worker 19 9 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.75 % of total population in Urusharam village.

Work Profile

In Urusharam village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 96.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.