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Tilai Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tilai is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 197 families residing. The Tilai village has population of 1100 of which 640 are males while 460 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tilai village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tilai village is 719 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tilai as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tilai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tilai village was 61.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tilai Male literacy stands at 76.98 % while female literacy rate was 39.85 %.

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

Tilai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 197 - -
Population 1,100 640 460
Child (0-6) 132 71 61
Schedule Caste 619 339 280
Schedule Tribe 91 42 49
Literacy 61.67 % 76.98 % 39.85 %
Total Workers 544 369 175
Main Worker 197 - -
Marginal Worker 347 189 158

Caste Factor

In Tilai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.27 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.27 % of total population in Tilai village.

Work Profile

In Tilai village out of total population, 544 were engaged in work activities. 36.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 544 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.