Puranpara Population, Caste, Working Data Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Puranpara is a village situated in Gangarampur block of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 350 families residing in the village Puranpara. The total population of Puranpara is 1,416 out of which 708 are males and 708 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Puranpara is 1,000.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Puranpara village is 180 which is 13% of the total population. There are 80 male children and 100 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Puranpara is 1,250 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (1,000) of Puranpara village.

Population
1,416
Families
350
Literacy
80.26%
Sex Ratio
1,000

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Puranpara is 80.3%. Thus Puranpara village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.6% of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 84.08% and the female literacy rate is 76.32% in Puranpara village.

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

Puranpara Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 180 80 100
Literacy 80.26% 84.08% 76.32%
Scheduled Caste 230 115 115
Scheduled Tribe 99 49 50
Illiterate 424 180 244

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7% of total population in Puranpara village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Puranpara village out of total population, 637 were engaged in work activities. 69.7% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.3% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 637 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 444 280 164
Cultivators 34 34 0
Agriculture Labourer 80 42 38
Household Industries 49 10 39
Other Workers 281 194 87
Marginal Workers 193 154 39
Non Working 779 274 505

Nearby Villages to Puranpara,

Below are the list of villages near Puranpara village in Gangarampur.

Village Population
Kadighat 3,329
Kamarpukuria 257
Belbari 7,216
Durgapur 2,100
Jaypur 7,928
Bishnupur 229
Jadab Bati 1,868
Saidpur 1,234
Sayrapur 1,438
Amgaon 919

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