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

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Argara

Argara is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,035 people in 236 households**, the 54th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,035people (2011)
- 236households
- 93.6%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Argara

Of every 100 households in Argara in 2011, 40 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Argara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****13%**

**95%

Use banking services ****27%**

**46%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****17%**

**30%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Argara?

■ Argara · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**932

Working population ****31.8%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.5% for men and 89.4% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 22 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 265 (81%)

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

- Bala Bhadrapur1,101 people
- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Tarat1,090 people
- Khari Gerya1,060 people
- Hajipur1,020 people
- Agarpara1,005 people
- Naki Basan991 people
- Mamudpur970 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 Argara?1,035 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Argara in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Argara?93.6% (Census 2011)