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Agharpur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Agharpur is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 205 families residing. The Agharpur village has population of 1287 of which 674 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Agharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 13.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Agharpur village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Agharpur as per census is 804, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Agharpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Agharpur village was 75.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Agharpur Male literacy stands at 90.64 % while female literacy rate was 60.19 %.

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

Agharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,287 674 613
Child (0-6) 175 97 78
Schedule Caste 19 8 11
Schedule Tribe 67 36 31
Literacy 75.99 % 90.64 % 60.19 %
Total Workers 477 341 136
Main Worker 440 - -
Marginal Worker 37 34 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.48 % of total population in Agharpur village.

Work Profile

In Agharpur village out of total population, 477 were engaged in work activities. 92.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 477 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.