Gannegar Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gannegar is a medium size village located in Chinsurah - Magra Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Gannegar village has population of 548 of which 273 are males while 275 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gannegar village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gannegar village is 1007 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gannegar as per census is 1360, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gannegar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gannegar village was 68.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gannegar Male literacy stands at 81.85 % while female literacy rate was 54.36 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gannegar 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 Gannegar village.

Gannegar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	158	-	-
Population	548	273	275
Child (0-6)	59	25	34
Schedule Caste	194	95	99
Schedule Tribe	314	155	159
Literacy	68.30 %	81.85 %	54.36 %
Total Workers	325	161	164
Main Worker	163	-	-
Marginal Worker	162	33	129

Caste Factor

In Gannegar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.30 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 35.40 % of total population in Gannegar village.

Work Profile

In Gannegar village out of total population, 325 were engaged in work activities. 50.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 325 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.