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Palgere Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Palgere is a medium size village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 141 families residing. The Palgere village has population of 720 of which 369 are males while 351 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palgere village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 14.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palgere village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palgere as per census is 683, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Palgere village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palgere village was 86.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palgere Male literacy stands at 93.79 % while female literacy rate was 79.87 %.

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

Palgere Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 141 - -
Population 720 369 351
Child (0-6) 106 63 43
Schedule Caste 31 17 14
Schedule Tribe 45 27 18
Literacy 86.81 % 93.79 % 79.87 %
Total Workers 397 210 187
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 57 29 28

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.31 % of total population in Palgere village.

Work Profile

In Palgere village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 85.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 232 were Agricultural labourer.