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Purulia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Purulia is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 109 families residing. The Purulia village has population of 472 of which 252 are males while 220 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 8.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purulia village is 873 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purulia as per census is 783, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purulia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purulia village was 91.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purulia Male literacy stands at 93.89 % while female literacy rate was 89.60 %.

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

Purulia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 109 - -
Population 472 252 220
Child (0-6) 41 23 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.88 % 93.89 % 89.60 %
Total Workers 293 158 135
Main Worker 152 - -
Marginal Worker 141 23 118

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Purulia village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Purulia village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 51.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 121 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.