Purda Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Purda is a medium size village located in Manjhari Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 189 families residing. The Purda village has population of 959 of which 465 are males while 494 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purda village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 21.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purda village is 1062 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Purda as per census is 1113, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Purda village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Purda village was 40.58 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Purda Male literacy stands at 54.35 % while female literacy rate was 27.46 %.

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

Purda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	189	-	-
Population	959	465	494
Child (0-6)	205	97	108
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	833	409	424
Literacy	40.58 %	54.35 %	27.46 %
Total Workers	339	200	139
Main Worker	276	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	30	33

Caste Factor

In Purda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 86.86 % of total population in Purda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purda village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Purda village out of total population, 339 were engaged in work activities. 81.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 339 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.