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Gaharpur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gaharpur is a medium size village located in Chinsurah - Magra Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 191 families residing. The Gaharpur village has population of 787 of which 404 are males while 383 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 7.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaharpur village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaharpur as per census is 1033, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaharpur village was 88.98 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaharpur Male literacy stands at 96.79 % while female literacy rate was 80.68 %.

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

Gaharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 787 404 383
Child (0-6) 61 30 31
Schedule Caste 527 278 249
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.98 % 96.79 % 80.68 %
Total Workers 442 286 156
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 162 66 96

Caste Factor

In Gaharpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.96 % of total population in Gaharpur village. The village Gaharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaharpur village out of total population, 442 were engaged in work activities. 63.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 442 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 234 were Agricultural labourer.