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Petlagaon Population - Bongaigaon, Assam

Petlagaon is a medium size village located in Sidli Circle of Bongaigaon district, Assam with total 215 families residing. The Petlagaon village has population of 1026 of which 517 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Petlagaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 14.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Petlagaon village is 985 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Petlagaon as per census is 897, lower than Assam average of 962.

Petlagaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Petlagaon village was 74.49 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Petlagaon Male literacy stands at 82.23 % while female literacy rate was 66.74 %.

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

Petlagaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 215 - -
Population 1,026 517 509
Child (0-6) 148 78 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 393 194 199
Literacy 74.49 % 82.23 % 66.74 %
Total Workers 412 298 114
Main Worker 363 - -
Marginal Worker 49 22 27

Caste Factor

In Petlagaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.30 % of total population in Petlagaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Petlagaon village of Bongaigaon.

Work Profile

In Petlagaon village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 88.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.