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Argara Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Argara is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 236 families residing. The Argara village has population of 1035 of which 530 are males while 505 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Argara village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 9.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Argara village is 953 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Argara as per census is 1178, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Argara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Argara village was 93.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Argara Male literacy stands at 97.53 % while female literacy rate was 89.38 %.

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

Argara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,035 530 505
Child (0-6) 98 45 53
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.60 % 97.53 % 89.38 %
Total Workers 329 300 29
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 265 244 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.35 % of total population in Argara village. The village Argara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Argara village out of total population, 329 were engaged in work activities. 19.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 329 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.