Pakurya Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Pakurya is a village situated in Sahid Matangini block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 557 families residing in the village Pakurya. The total population of Pakurya is 2,523 out of which 1,325 are males and 1,198 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Pakurya is 904.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Pakurya village is 311 which is 12% of the total population. There are 173 male children and 138 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Pakurya is 798 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (904) of Pakurya village.

Population
2,523
Families
557
Literacy
89.15%
Sex Ratio
904

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Pakurya is 89.2%. Thus Pakurya village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 94.1% and the female literacy rate is 83.77% in Pakurya village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Pakurya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Pakurya Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Pakurya village.

Total Male Female
Children 311 173 138
Literacy 89.15% 94.1% 83.77%
Scheduled Caste 507 266 241
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 551 241 310

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Pakurya village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Pakurya village out of total population, 888 were engaged in work activities. 65.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 888 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 582 510 72
Cultivators 52 52 0
Agriculture Labourer 58 56 2
Household Industries 57 50 7
Other Workers 415 352 63
Marginal Workers 306 269 37
Non Working 1,635 546 1,089

Nearby Villages to Pakurya,

Below are the list of villages near Pakurya village in Sahid Matangini.

Village Population
Naya Basan 1,473
Dhurpa 741
Astara 1,741
Padampur 1,664
Khoskana 1,369
Rajgoda 702
Barkhoskana 863
Khostikri 685
Kashipur 931
Narayandari 2,786

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