Gayapahari Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gayapahari is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 47 families residing. The Gayapahari village has population of 239 of which 113 are males while 126 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gayapahari village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 15.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gayapahari village is 1115 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gayapahari as per census is 1375, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gayapahari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gayapahari village was 79.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gayapahari Male literacy stands at 85.57 % while female literacy rate was 74.04 %.

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

Gayapahari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	47	-	-
Population	239	113	126
Child (0-6)	38	16	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	77	37	40
Literacy	79.60 %	85.57 %	74.04 %
Total Workers	120	61	59
Main Worker	53	-	-
Marginal Worker	67	33	34

Caste Factor

Gayapahari village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 32.22 % of total population in Gayapahari village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gayapahari village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Gayapahari village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 44.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.