Egra is a Municipality city in district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Egra city is divided into 14 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Egra Municipality has population of 30,148 of which 15,291 are males while 14,857 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3241 which is 10.75 % of total population of Egra (M). In Egra Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 972 against state average of 950. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Egra is around 1016 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. Literacy rate of Egra city is 87.14 % higher than state average of 76.26 %. In Egra, Male literacy is around 92.09 % while female literacy rate is 82.03 %.
Egra Municipality has total administration over 6,471 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Egra 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Egra Municipality in 2024 is approximately
42,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Egra city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Egra city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Egra town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Egra Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.78 % of total population in Egra (M).
Egra Work Profile
Out of total population, 10,254 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 8,750 were males while 1,504 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 10254 working population, 93.09 % were engaged in Main Work while 6.91 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.