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Turang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Turang is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 343 families residing. The Turang village has population of 1637 of which 731 are males while 906 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turang village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 13.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turang village is 1239 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Turang as per census is 1146, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Turang village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Turang village was 49.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Turang Male literacy stands at 67.68 % while female literacy rate was 35.79 %.

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

Turang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 343 - -
Population 1,637 731 906
Child (0-6) 221 103 118
Schedule Caste 125 58 67
Schedule Tribe 42 10 32
Literacy 49.93 % 67.68 % 35.79 %
Total Workers 820 359 461
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 604 200 404

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.57 % of total population in Turang village.

Work Profile

In Turang village out of total population, 820 were engaged in work activities. 26.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 820 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.