 Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria, and other religious communities.According to the Rural Household Survey in 2005, 32.85% of total number of families were BPL families in Purulia district.According to a World Bank report, as of 2012, 31-38% of the population in Purulia, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur districts were below poverty level, the highest among the districts of West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.In the Puncha CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 21,480 and formed 33.03%, agricultural labourers numbered 30,933 and formed 47.57%, household industry workers numbered 1,581 and formed 2.43% and other workers numbered 11,037 and formed 16.97%.Total workers numbered 65,031 and formed 52.51% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 58,824 and formed 47.49% of the population.