Keraya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Keraya is a large village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 436 families residing. The Keraya village has population of 2140 of which 1095 are males while 1045 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Keraya village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 13.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Keraya village is 954 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Keraya as per census is 1028, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Keraya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Keraya village was 54.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Keraya Male literacy stands at 68.17 % while female literacy rate was 39.31 %.

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

Keraya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	436	-	-
Population	2,140	1,095	1,045
Child (0-6)	290	143	147
Schedule Caste	857	436	421
Schedule Tribe	694	362	332
Literacy	54.16 %	68.17 %	39.31 %
Total Workers	919	556	363
Main Worker	316	-	-
Marginal Worker	603	290	313

Caste Factor

In Keraya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.43 % of total population in Keraya village.

Work Profile

In Keraya village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 34.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.