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Burijhor Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Burijhor is a medium size village located in Bundwan Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 74 families residing. The Burijhor village has population of 373 of which 170 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burijhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 72 which makes up 19.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burijhor village is 1194 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Burijhor as per census is 1483, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Burijhor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Burijhor village was 46.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Burijhor Male literacy stands at 63.12 % while female literacy rate was 31.25 %.

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

Burijhor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 373 170 203
Child (0-6) 72 29 43
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 340 152 188
Literacy 46.18 % 63.12 % 31.25 %
Total Workers 218 106 112
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 205 94 111

Caste Factor

In Burijhor village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.15 % of total population in Burijhor village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Burijhor village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Burijhor village out of total population, 218 were engaged in work activities. 5.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 218 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.