Herbana Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Herbana is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Herbana village has population of 1834 of which 957 are males while 877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Herbana village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 14.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Herbana village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Herbana as per census is 776, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Herbana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Herbana village was 59.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Herbana Male literacy stands at 73.33 % while female literacy rate was 45.61 %.

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

Herbana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	364	-	-
Population	1,834	957	877
Child (0-6)	261	147	114
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,137	604	533
Literacy	59.89 %	73.33 %	45.61 %
Total Workers	1,001	536	465
Main Worker	516	-	-
Marginal Worker	485	174	311

Caste Factor

In Herbana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.00 % of total population in Herbana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Herbana village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Herbana village out of total population, 1001 were engaged in work activities. 51.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1001 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 278 were Agricultural labourer.