Jorasal Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jorasal is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 97 families residing. The Jorasal village has population of 413 of which 217 are males while 196 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorasal village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 8.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorasal village is 903 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorasal as per census is 522, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jorasal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorasal village was 62.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jorasal Male literacy stands at 77.32 % while female literacy rate was 46.20 %.

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

Jorasal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	97	-	-
Population	413	217	196
Child (0-6)	35	23	12
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	274	140	134
Literacy	62.17 %	77.32 %	46.20 %
Total Workers	233	116	117
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	196	84	112

Caste Factor

In Jorasal village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.34 % of total population in Jorasal village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jorasal village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Jorasal village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 15.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.