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Olgara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Olgara is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 172 families residing. The Olgara village has population of 807 of which 405 are males while 402 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Olgara village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Olgara village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Olgara as per census is 836, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Olgara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Olgara village was 69.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Olgara Male literacy stands at 86.98 % while female literacy rate was 52.31 %.

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

Olgara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 807 405 402
Child (0-6) 123 67 56
Schedule Caste 72 36 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.44 % 86.98 % 52.31 %
Total Workers 484 239 245
Main Worker 110 - -
Marginal Worker 374 136 238

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.92 % of total population in Olgara village. The village Olgara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Olgara village out of total population, 484 were engaged in work activities. 22.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 484 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.