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Lalgar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Lalgar is a medium size village located in Santuri Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 416 families residing. The Lalgar village has population of 1963 of which 1026 are males while 937 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lalgar village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 13.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lalgar village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Lalgar as per census is 864, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Lalgar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Lalgar village was 66.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Lalgar Male literacy stands at 79.91 % while female literacy rate was 52.21 %.

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

Lalgar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 416 - -
Population 1,963 1,026 937
Child (0-6) 261 140 121
Schedule Caste 995 521 474
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.63 % 79.91 % 52.21 %
Total Workers 717 610 107
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 287 197 90

Caste Factor

In Lalgar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.69 % of total population in Lalgar village. The village Lalgar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Lalgar village out of total population, 717 were engaged in work activities. 59.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 717 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.