# Pirargarya Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Pirargarya

Pirargarya is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,664 people in 500 households**, the 17th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 2,664people (2011)
- 500households
- 63.5%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pirargarya

Of every 100 households in Pirargarya in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pirargarya · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**84%

Use banking services ****56%**

**41%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**25%

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 Pirargarya?

■ Pirargarya · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1140**

**966

Working population ****41.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 50.1% for women. 48% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 176 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (13%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 94 (9%) · **■** Marginal 688 (62%)

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 Purulia - II

- Belma2,773 people
- Naudiha2,765 people
- Pithajora2,717 people
- Golkunra2,703 people
- Podlara2,594 people
- Pindra2,512 people
- Chepra2,508 people
- Surulia2,451 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pirargarya?2,664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pirargarya in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pirargarya?63.5% (Census 2011)