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Dhagra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhagra is a medium size village located in Hura Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 121 families residing. The Dhagra village has population of 700 of which 330 are males while 370 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 15.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhagra village is 1121 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhagra as per census is 1157, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhagra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhagra village was 54.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhagra Male literacy stands at 70.97 % while female literacy rate was 39.55 %.

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

Dhagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 121 - -
Population 700 330 370
Child (0-6) 110 51 59
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 687 323 364
Literacy 54.41 % 70.97 % 39.55 %
Total Workers 350 166 184
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 223 62 161

Caste Factor

In Dhagra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.14 % of total population in Dhagra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhagra village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dhagra village out of total population, 350 were engaged in work activities. 36.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 350 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.