Paragdih is a medium size village located in Varanasi Tehsil of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh with total 186 families residing. The Paragdih village has population of 1370 of which 698 are males while 672 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Paragdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 16.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paragdih village is 963 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Paragdih as per census is 1093, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.
Paragdih village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Paragdih village was 75.52 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Paragdih Male literacy stands at 89.83 % while female literacy rate was 60.29 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Paragdih 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 Paragdih village.
Paragdih Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
186 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,370 |
698 |
672 |
| Child (0-6) |
226 |
108 |
118 |
| Schedule Caste |
74 |
35 |
39 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
75.52 % |
89.83 % |
60.29 % |
| Total Workers |
622 |
353 |
269 |
| Main Worker |
486 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
136 |
50 |
86 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.40 % of total population in Paragdih village.
The village Paragdih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Paragdih village out of total population, 622 were engaged in work activities. 78.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 622 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.