Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya
# Agoa

Agoa is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 471 people in 84 households, the 87th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.
- 471 people (2011)
- 84 households
- 59.2% literacy
- 1,075 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Agoa

Of every 100 households in Agoa in 2011, 21 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Agoa · ■ Purulia - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 21% 28%
- Toilet within the home 1% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 99% 93%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 84%
- Use banking services 75% 41%
- Television 5% 14%
- Mobile phone 14% 29%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 55% 25%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Agoa?

■ Agoa · ■ Purulia - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 59.2% 63.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1075 961
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1025 966
- Working population 59.0% 41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 44.3% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 6 (2%) · ■ Marginal 272 (98%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purulia - II
- Natua 579 people
- Deuli 513 people
- Chhota Chanchra 485 people
- Jalduar 474 people
- Karcha 471 people
- Modhagara 471 people
- Kushtanr 459 people
- Lukuidi 437 people

All 114 villages in Purulia - II

## Other places named Agoa
- Agoa · Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum · 1,091 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Agoa? 471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Agoa in? Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Agoa? 59.2% (Census 2011)

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