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Ruchap Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ruchap is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 272 families residing. The Ruchap village has population of 1566 of which 798 are males while 768 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ruchap village population of children with age 0-6 is 269 which makes up 17.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ruchap village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ruchap as per census is 908, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ruchap village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ruchap village was 61.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ruchap Male literacy stands at 76.71 % while female literacy rate was 46.09 %.

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

Ruchap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 272 - -
Population 1,566 798 768
Child (0-6) 269 141 128
Schedule Caste 197 94 103
Schedule Tribe 580 303 277
Literacy 61.60 % 76.71 % 46.09 %
Total Workers 763 437 326
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 475 183 292

Caste Factor

In Ruchap village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.04 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.58 % of total population in Ruchap village.

Work Profile

In Ruchap village out of total population, 763 were engaged in work activities. 37.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 763 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.