Agaya Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Agaya is a medium size village located in Puncha Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 233 families residing. The Agaya village has population of 1187 of which 607 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Agaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 13.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Agaya village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Agaya as per census is 1025, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Agaya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Agaya village was 54.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Agaya Male literacy stands at 68.94 % while female literacy rate was 38.68 %.

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

Agaya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	233	-	-
Population	1,187	607	580
Child (0-6)	160	79	81
Schedule Caste	435	210	225
Schedule Tribe	481	246	235
Literacy	54.24 %	68.94 %	38.68 %
Total Workers	638	333	305
Main Worker	520	-	-
Marginal Worker	118	41	77

Caste Factor

In Agaya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.52 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 36.65 % of total population in Agaya village.

Work Profile

In Agaya village out of total population, 638 were engaged in work activities. 81.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 638 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 313 were Agricultural labourer.