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Parguna Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Parguna is a medium size village located in Manteswar Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 247 families residing. The Parguna village has population of 1097 of which 532 are males while 565 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parguna village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 7.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parguna village is 1062 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Parguna as per census is 1071, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Parguna village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Parguna village was 89.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Parguna Male literacy stands at 93.47 % while female literacy rate was 85.58 %.

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

Parguna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,097 532 565
Child (0-6) 87 42 45
Schedule Caste 153 78 75
Schedule Tribe 108 52 56
Literacy 89.41 % 93.47 % 85.58 %
Total Workers 379 308 71
Main Worker 284 - -
Marginal Worker 95 74 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.95 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 9.85 % of total population in Parguna village.

Work Profile

In Parguna village out of total population, 379 were engaged in work activities. 74.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 379 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 109 were Agricultural labourer.