# Agarpara Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Agarpara

Agarpara is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,005 people in 228 households**, the 56th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,005people (2011)
- 228households
- 85.9%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agarpara

Of every 100 households in Agarpara in 2011, 59 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Agarpara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****78%**

**46%

Television ****11%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****44%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Agarpara?

■ Agarpara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.9%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**932

Working population ****39.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 78.1% for women. 64% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (16%) · **■** Household industry 14 (4%) · **■** Other work 85 (22%) · **■** Marginal 149 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Potashpur - I

- Tarat1,090 people
- Khari Gerya1,060 people
- Argara1,035 people
- Hajipur1,020 people
- Naki Basan991 people
- Mamudpur970 people
- Hirasagar967 people
- Madhabpur941 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Agarpara?1,005 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agarpara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agarpara?85.9% (Census 2011)