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Ajra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Ajra is a large village located in Mahisadal Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 490 families residing. The Ajra village has population of 2345 of which 1214 are males while 1131 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ajra village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 11.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ajra village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ajra as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ajra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ajra village was 83.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ajra Male literacy stands at 90.46 % while female literacy rate was 75.38 %.

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

Ajra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 490 - -
Population 2,345 1,214 1,131
Child (0-6) 277 145 132
Schedule Caste 235 128 107
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.17 % 90.46 % 75.38 %
Total Workers 749 669 80
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 437 404 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.02 % of total population in Ajra village. The village Ajra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ajra village out of total population, 749 were engaged in work activities. 41.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 749 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.