Paglarhat Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Paglarhat is a medium size village located in Kumargram Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 283 families residing. The Paglarhat village has population of 1157 of which 604 are males while 553 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paglarhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 11.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paglarhat village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paglarhat as per census is 942, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Paglarhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paglarhat village was 67.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paglarhat Male literacy stands at 74.77 % while female literacy rate was 59.63 %.

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

Paglarhat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	283	-	-
Population	1,157	604	553
Child (0-6)	134	69	65
Schedule Caste	525	279	246
Schedule Tribe	382	195	187
Literacy	67.55 %	74.77 %	59.63 %
Total Workers	560	372	188
Main Worker	260	-	-
Marginal Worker	300	170	130

Caste Factor

In Paglarhat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 33.02 % of total population in Paglarhat village.

Work Profile

In Paglarhat village out of total population, 560 were engaged in work activities. 46.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 560 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.