# Pirargaria Village, Bagmundi, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagmundi, Puruliya 

# Pirargaria

Pirargaria is a village in Bagmundi sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 145 households**, the 65th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 716people (2011)
- 145households
- 67.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirargaria

Of every 100 households in Pirargaria in 2011, 17 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pirargaria · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****51%**

**30%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**27%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Pirargaria?

■ Pirargaria · ■ Bagmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**951

Working population ****55.6%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 53.9% for women. 56% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 115 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 116 (29%) · **■** Marginal 158 (40%)

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 Bagmundi

- Barudi767 people
- Hesadi729 people
- Ranga726 people
- Andhra Alias Hathinada724 people
- Saldabar689 people
- Pardi683 people
- Peretorang660 people
- Pratappur629 people

[All 142 villages in Bagmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/bagmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirargaria?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirargaria in?Puruliya district (Bagmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirargaria?67.4% (Census 2011)