Burhigora Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Burhigora is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 86 families residing. The Burhigora village has population of 405 of which 194 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burhigora village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 13.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burhigora village is 1088 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Burhigora as per census is 1115, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Burhigora village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Burhigora village was 55.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Burhigora Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 40.66 %.

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

Burhigora Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	86	-	-
Population	405	194	211
Child (0-6)	55	26	29
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	319	153	166
Literacy	55.43 %	71.43 %	40.66 %
Total Workers	232	113	119
Main Worker	187	-	-
Marginal Worker	45	22	23

Caste Factor

In Burhigora village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.77 % of total population in Burhigora village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Burhigora village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Burhigora village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 80.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 169 were Agricultural labourer.