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Dhargaon Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Dhargaon is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 207 families residing. The Dhargaon village has population of 1086 of which 531 are males while 555 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dhargaon village is 1045 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dhargaon as per census is 1221, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dhargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dhargaon village was 65.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dhargaon Male literacy stands at 80.35 % while female literacy rate was 50.64 %.

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

Dhargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,086 531 555
Child (0-6) 151 68 83
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 172 88 84
Literacy 65.35 % 80.35 % 50.64 %
Total Workers 512 300 212
Main Worker 255 - -
Marginal Worker 257 150 107

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.84 % of total population in Dhargaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dhargaon village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Dhargaon village out of total population, 512 were engaged in work activities. 49.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 512 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 117 were Agricultural labourer.