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Jangidiri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jangidiri is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 247 families residing. The Jangidiri village has population of 1151 of which 568 are males while 583 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jangidiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 15.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jangidiri village is 1026 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jangidiri as per census is 914, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jangidiri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jangidiri village was 69.78 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jangidiri Male literacy stands at 84.84 % while female literacy rate was 55.42 %.

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

Jangidiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,151 568 583
Child (0-6) 178 93 85
Schedule Caste 166 77 89
Schedule Tribe 107 57 50
Literacy 69.78 % 84.84 % 55.42 %
Total Workers 549 273 276
Main Worker 526 - -
Marginal Worker 23 6 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.30 % of total population in Jangidiri village.

Work Profile

In Jangidiri village out of total population, 549 were engaged in work activities. 95.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 549 workers engaged in Main Work, 278 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 173 were Agricultural labourer.