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Ragma Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Ragma is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Ragma village has population of 1083 of which 555 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ragma village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 16.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ragma village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ragma as per census is 1071, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ragma village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ragma village was 56.01 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ragma Male literacy stands at 73.40 % while female literacy rate was 37.30 %.

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

Ragma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,083 555 528
Child (0-6) 176 85 91
Schedule Caste 183 98 85
Schedule Tribe 265 128 137
Literacy 56.01 % 73.40 % 37.30 %
Total Workers 557 325 232
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 426 201 225

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 24.47 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 16.90 % of total population in Ragma village.

Work Profile

In Ragma village out of total population, 557 were engaged in work activities. 23.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 557 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.