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Gagra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gagra is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 410 families residing. The Gagra village has population of 1947 of which 1027 are males while 920 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gagra village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gagra as per census is 1028, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gagra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gagra village was 79.19 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gagra Male literacy stands at 90.76 % while female literacy rate was 66.05 %.

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

Gagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 410 - -
Population 1,947 1,027 920
Child (0-6) 217 107 110
Schedule Caste 1,690 885 805
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 79.19 % 90.76 % 66.05 %
Total Workers 675 567 108
Main Worker 650 - -
Marginal Worker 25 15 10

Caste Factor

In Gagra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 86.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Gagra village.

Work Profile

In Gagra village out of total population, 675 were engaged in work activities. 96.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 675 workers engaged in Main Work, 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 134 were Agricultural labourer.