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Chhotakaram Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Chhotakaram is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Chhotakaram village has population of 447 of which 222 are males while 225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhotakaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 10.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhotakaram village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhotakaram as per census is 1474, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chhotakaram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhotakaram village was 59.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chhotakaram Male literacy stands at 75.86 % while female literacy rate was 43.15 %.

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

Chhotakaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 447 222 225
Child (0-6) 47 19 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 443 219 224
Literacy 59.75 % 75.86 % 43.15 %
Total Workers 286 142 144
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 198 59 139

Caste Factor

In Chhotakaram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.11 % of total population in Chhotakaram village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chhotakaram village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Chhotakaram village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 30.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.