Puara Population, Caste, Working Data Puruliya, West Bengal - Census 2011

Puara is a village situated in Arsha block of Puruliya district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 676 families residing in the village Puara. The total population of Puara is 3,900 out of which 2,008 are males and 1,892 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Puara is 942.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Puara village is 601 which is 15% of the total population. There are 321 male children and 280 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Puara is 872 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (942) of Puara village.

Population
3,900
Families
676
Literacy
65.63%
Sex Ratio
942

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Puara is 65.6%. Thus Puara village has higher literacy rate compared to 55.5% of Puruliya district. The male literacy rate is 77.65% and the female literacy rate is 53.04% in Puara village.

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

Puara Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 601 321 280
Literacy 65.63% 77.65% 53.04%
Scheduled Caste 1,082 570 512
Scheduled Tribe 441 226 215
Illiterate 1,735 698 1,037

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.3% of total population in Puara village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Puara village out of total population, 1,810 were engaged in work activities. 43.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,810 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 350 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 787 631 156
Cultivators 147 141 6
Agriculture Labourer 350 236 114
Household Industries 15 15 0
Other Workers 275 239 36
Marginal Workers 1,023 490 533
Non Working 2,090 887 1,203

Nearby Villages to Puara,

Below are the list of villages near Puara village in Arsha.

Village Population
Korarya 2,198
Sadpuara 976
Khukhramura 1,529
Korang 2,191
Juri 1,410
Pijhati 1,537
Piskapahari 682
Kantadi 1,845
Siridi 777
Dhanara 1,280

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