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Guhagara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Guhagara is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 65 families residing. The Guhagara village has population of 340 of which 173 are males while 167 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Guhagara village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 12.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Guhagara village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Guhagara as per census is 826, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Guhagara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Guhagara village was 68.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Guhagara Male literacy stands at 81.33 % while female literacy rate was 54.73 %.

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

Guhagara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 340 173 167
Child (0-6) 42 23 19
Schedule Caste 36 18 18
Schedule Tribe 247 127 120
Literacy 68.12 % 81.33 % 54.73 %
Total Workers 177 102 75
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 145 71 74

Caste Factor

In Guhagara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 72.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.59 % of total population in Guhagara village.

Work Profile

In Guhagara village out of total population, 177 were engaged in work activities. 18.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 177 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.