Nawagar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Nawagar is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 104 families residing. The Nawagar village has population of 443 of which 213 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nawagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 17.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nawagar village is 1080 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nawagar as per census is 1364, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nawagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nawagar village was 48.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nawagar Male literacy stands at 64.44 % while female literacy rate was 32.97 %.

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

Nawagar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	443	213	230
Child (0-6)	78	33	45
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	423	204	219
Literacy	48.49 %	64.44 %	32.97 %
Total Workers	246	123	123
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	212	100	112

Caste Factor

In Nawagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.49 % of total population in Nawagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nawagar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Nawagar village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 13.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.