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Tilagara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Tilagara is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 61 families residing. The Tilagara village has population of 362 of which 180 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tilagara village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 15.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tilagara village is 1011 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Tilagara as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Tilagara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Tilagara village was 64.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Tilagara Male literacy stands at 85.03 % while female literacy rate was 44.94 %.

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

Tilagara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 61 - -
Population 362 180 182
Child (0-6) 57 33 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 361 179 182
Literacy 64.26 % 85.03 % 44.94 %
Total Workers 215 103 112
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 146 42 104

Caste Factor

In Tilagara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.72 % of total population in Tilagara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tilagara village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Tilagara village out of total population, 215 were engaged in work activities. 32.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.