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Karru Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Karru is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 140 families residing. The Karru village has population of 706 of which 361 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karru village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 17.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karru village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karru as per census is 984, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karru village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karru village was 39.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karru Male literacy stands at 52.68 % while female literacy rate was 26.50 %.

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

Karru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 140 - -
Population 706 361 345
Child (0-6) 125 63 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 669 337 332
Literacy 39.93 % 52.68 % 26.50 %
Total Workers 340 220 120
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 117 42 75

Caste Factor

In Karru village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.76 % of total population in Karru village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karru village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Karru village out of total population, 340 were engaged in work activities. 65.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 340 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 178 were Agricultural labourer.