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Amagara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Amagara is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 161 families residing. The Amagara village has population of 805 of which 392 are males while 413 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amagara village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 16.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amagara village is 1054 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Amagara as per census is 1079, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Amagara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Amagara village was 70.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Amagara Male literacy stands at 89.06 % while female literacy rate was 52.46 %.

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

Amagara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 805 392 413
Child (0-6) 131 63 68
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 763 375 388
Literacy 70.33 % 89.06 % 52.46 %
Total Workers 389 208 181
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 166 45 121

Caste Factor

In Amagara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.78 % of total population in Amagara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Amagara village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Amagara village out of total population, 389 were engaged in work activities. 57.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 389 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 160 were Agricultural labourer.