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Purash Population - Haora, West Bengal

Purash is a large village located in Amta - I Block of Haora district, West Bengal with total 447 families residing. The Purash village has population of 2150 of which 1081 are males while 1069 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purash village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 9.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purash village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purash as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Purash village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purash village was 81.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purash Male literacy stands at 86.12 % while female literacy rate was 76.06 %.

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

Purash Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 447 - -
Population 2,150 1,081 1,069
Child (0-6) 201 101 100
Schedule Caste 442 218 224
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.12 % 86.12 % 76.06 %
Total Workers 806 728 78
Main Worker 756 - -
Marginal Worker 50 12 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.56 % of total population in Purash village. The village Purash currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purash village out of total population, 806 were engaged in work activities. 93.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 806 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.