Poabad Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Poabad is a small village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 29 families residing. The Poabad village has population of 137 of which 68 are males while 69 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poabad village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 12.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poabad village is 1015 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Poabad as per census is 545, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Poabad village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Poabad village was 55.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Poabad Male literacy stands at 68.42 % while female literacy rate was 44.44 %.

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

Poabad Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	137	68	69
Child (0-6)	17	11	6
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	136	67	69
Literacy	55.83 %	68.42 %	44.44 %
Total Workers	85	41	44
Main Worker	41	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	7	37

Caste Factor

In Poabad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.27 % of total population in Poabad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Poabad village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Poabad village out of total population, 85 were engaged in work activities. 48.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 85 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.