Kesra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kesra is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 173 families residing. The Kesra village has population of 733 of which 376 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kesra village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 9.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kesra village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kesra as per census is 1212, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kesra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kesra village was 63.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kesra Male literacy stands at 80.47 % while female literacy rate was 44.16 %.

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

Kesra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	173	-	-
Population	733	376	357
Child (0-6)	73	33	40
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	709	362	347
Literacy	63.03 %	80.47 %	44.16 %
Total Workers	402	201	201
Main Worker	303	-	-
Marginal Worker	99	35	64

Caste Factor

In Kesra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.73 % of total population in Kesra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kesra village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kesra village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 75.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 273 were Agricultural labourer.