Ghaghra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ghaghra is a small village located in Bagmundi Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 25 families residing. The Ghaghra village has population of 126 of which 59 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghaghra village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghaghra village is 1136 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghaghra as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghaghra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghaghra village was 63.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghaghra Male literacy stands at 72.00 % while female literacy rate was 56.67 %.

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

Ghaghra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	25	-	-
Population	126	59	67
Child (0-6)	16	9	7
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	126	59	67
Literacy	63.64 %	72.00 %	56.67 %
Total Workers	30	28	2
Main Worker	1	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	27	2

Caste Factor

In Ghaghra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Ghaghra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ghaghra village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Ghaghra village out of total population, 30 were engaged in work activities. 3.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 30 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.