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Pirargarya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Pirargarya is a large village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 500 families residing. The Pirargarya village has population of 2664 of which 1318 are males while 1346 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pirargarya village population of children with age 0-6 is 381 which makes up 14.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pirargarya village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Pirargarya as per census is 1140, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Pirargarya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Pirargarya village was 63.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Pirargarya Male literacy stands at 76.84 % while female literacy rate was 50.13 %.

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

Pirargarya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 500 - -
Population 2,664 1,318 1,346
Child (0-6) 381 178 203
Schedule Caste 503 247 256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.47 % 76.84 % 50.13 %
Total Workers 1,101 635 466
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 688 266 422

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.88 % of total population in Pirargarya village. The village Pirargarya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pirargarya village out of total population, 1101 were engaged in work activities. 37.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1101 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 138 were Agricultural labourer.