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Argoal Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Argoal is a large village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 562 families residing. The Argoal village has population of 2377 of which 1218 are males while 1159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Argoal village population of children with age 0-6 is 248 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Argoal village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Argoal as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Argoal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Argoal village was 92.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Argoal Male literacy stands at 97.53 % while female literacy rate was 87.25 %.

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

Argoal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 562 - -
Population 2,377 1,218 1,159
Child (0-6) 248 124 124
Schedule Caste 65 28 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.53 % 97.53 % 87.25 %
Total Workers 775 725 50
Main Worker 293 - -
Marginal Worker 482 469 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.73 % of total population in Argoal village. The village Argoal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Argoal village out of total population, 775 were engaged in work activities. 37.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 775 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.