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About Agoa Village

Agoa is a small village in Purulia II tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 227 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agoa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agoa village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Purulia II
Pincode 723128
Area (hectares) 210.03 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 227
Female Population 244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,075
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Agoa compares

By the 2011 count Agoa is the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents. Its 210.03 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Agoa

The census records public bus service for Agoa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Amjora, Anai, Andhuli and Arita. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Agoa

As per the Census of India 2011, Agoa village had a population of 471. That makes it the 87th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,574 residents.

Agoa village has 227 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agoa has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Agoa is 723128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agoa covers 210.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agoa falls under Purulia II tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Agoa notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Agoa.

Agoa is in Purulia II tehsil of Puruliya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Agoa today is likely to be higher.

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