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Agar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Agar is a medium size village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 407 families residing. The Agar village has population of 1911 of which 963 are males while 948 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Agar village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Agar village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Agar as per census is 975, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Agar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Agar village was 83.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Agar Male literacy stands at 90.13 % while female literacy rate was 77.32 %.

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

Agar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 407 - -
Population 1,911 963 948
Child (0-6) 241 122 119
Schedule Caste 167 84 83
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.77 % 90.13 % 77.32 %
Total Workers 734 573 161
Main Worker 509 - -
Marginal Worker 225 143 82

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.74 % of total population in Agar village. The village Agar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Agar village out of total population, 734 were engaged in work activities. 69.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 734 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.