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Garga Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Garga is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 362 families residing. The Garga village has population of 1958 of which 983 are males while 975 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garga village population of children with age 0-6 is 311 which makes up 15.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garga village is 992 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garga as per census is 1033, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Garga village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garga village was 60.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garga Male literacy stands at 77.83 % while female literacy rate was 43.33 %.

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

Garga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 362 - -
Population 1,958 983 975
Child (0-6) 311 153 158
Schedule Caste 97 46 51
Schedule Tribe 1,431 718 713
Literacy 60.72 % 77.83 % 43.33 %
Total Workers 917 534 383
Main Worker 539 - -
Marginal Worker 378 182 196

Caste Factor

In Garga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.95 % of total population in Garga village.

Work Profile

In Garga village out of total population, 917 were engaged in work activities. 58.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 917 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 337 were Agricultural labourer.