# Kolyagara Village, Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Raghunathpur - II, Puruliya 

# Kolyagara

Kolyagara is a village in Raghunathpur - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,844 people in 296 households**, the 17th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.9%.

- 1,844people (2011)
- 296households
- 36.8%literacy
- 1,051females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kolyagara

Of every 100 households in Kolyagara in 2011, 8 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kolyagara · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**91%

Tap water ****96%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**71%

Use banking services ****8%**

**55%

Television ****3%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**14%

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 Kolyagara?

■ Kolyagara · ■ Raghunathpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.8%**

**66.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1051**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1084**

**953

Working population ****21.3%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.0% for men and 18.3% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 28 (7%) · **■** Other work 231 (59%) · **■** Marginal 133 (34%)

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 Raghunathpur - II

- Pabra2,143 people
- Baragarya2,142 people
- Dumurkola2,115 people
- Chatarmahul1,950 people
- Ruknibera1,663 people
- Belkura1,622 people
- Erendi1,608 people
- Dandua1,544 people

[All 106 villages in Raghunathpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/raghunathpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kolyagara?1,844 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolyagara in?Puruliya district (Raghunathpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kolyagara?36.8% (Census 2011)