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Gachha Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Gachha is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 420 families residing. The Gachha village has population of 1921 of which 1005 are males while 916 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gachha village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 13.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gachha village is 911 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gachha as per census is 854, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gachha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gachha village was 71.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gachha Male literacy stands at 77.19 % while female literacy rate was 65.21 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gachha village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gachha village.

Gachha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 420 - -
Population 1,921 1,005 916
Child (0-6) 254 137 117
Schedule Caste 388 198 190
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.45 % 77.19 % 65.21 %
Total Workers 568 533 35
Main Worker 522 - -
Marginal Worker 46 39 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.20 % of total population in Gachha village. The village Gachha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gachha village out of total population, 568 were engaged in work activities. 91.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 568 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 257 were Agricultural labourer.