Pagra Population, Caste, Working Data Samastipur, Bihar - Census 2011

Pagra is a village situated in Dalsinghsarai block of Samastipur district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,708 families residing in the village Pagra. The total population of Pagra is 8,460 out of which 4,443 are males and 4,017 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Pagra is 904.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Pagra village is 1583 which is 19% of the total population. There are 811 male children and 772 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Pagra is 952 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (904) of Pagra village.

Population
8,460
Families
1,708
Literacy
59.49%
Sex Ratio
904

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Pagra is 59.5%. Thus Pagra village has higher literacy rate compared to 50.3% of Samastipur district. The male literacy rate is 68.81% and the female literacy rate is 49.06% in Pagra village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Pagra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Pagra Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Pagra village.

Total Male Female
Children 1,583 811 772
Literacy 59.49% 68.81% 49.06%
Scheduled Caste 2,870 1,501 1,369
Scheduled Tribe 7 3 4
Illiterate 4,369 1,944 2,425

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Pagra village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Pagra village out of total population, 2,229 were engaged in work activities. 78.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,229 workers engaged in Main Work, 336 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,035 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,741 1,613 128
Cultivators 336 314 22
Agriculture Labourer 1,035 968 67
Household Industries 8 6 2
Other Workers 362 325 37
Marginal Workers 488 357 131
Non Working 6,231 2,473 3,758

Nearby Villages to Pagra,

Below are the list of villages near Pagra village in Dalsinghsarai.

Village Population
Rampur Mahima 471
Rampur Pagra 277
Harsankarpur 5,400
Shahpur Pagra 1,989
Mathurapur 3,022
Balo Chak 2,640
Chak Bahauddin 5,706
Umar Chak 133
Panr 10,922
Chak Murtaza 1,055

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