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Puregara Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Puregara is a medium size village located in Ranka Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 253 families residing. The Puregara village has population of 1216 of which 598 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puregara village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 19.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puregara village is 1033 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Puregara as per census is 1051, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Puregara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Puregara village was 65.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Puregara Male literacy stands at 78.38 % while female literacy rate was 53.74 %.

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

Puregara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,216 598 618
Child (0-6) 240 117 123
Schedule Caste 335 163 172
Schedule Tribe 175 82 93
Literacy 65.88 % 78.38 % 53.74 %
Total Workers 683 336 347
Main Worker 144 - -
Marginal Worker 539 242 297

Caste Factor

Puregara village of Garhwa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.55 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 14.39 % of total population in Puregara village.

Work Profile

In Puregara village out of total population, 683 were engaged in work activities. 21.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 683 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.