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Gayas Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gayas is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Gayas village has population of 1281 of which 662 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gayas village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 9.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gayas village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gayas as per census is 1123, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gayas village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gayas village was 72.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gayas Male literacy stands at 80.33 % while female literacy rate was 63.24 %.

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

Gayas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,281 662 619
Child (0-6) 121 57 64
Schedule Caste 277 142 135
Schedule Tribe 147 77 70
Literacy 72.16 % 80.33 % 63.24 %
Total Workers 528 342 186
Main Worker 343 - -
Marginal Worker 185 44 141

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 11.48 % of total population in Gayas village.

Work Profile

In Gayas village out of total population, 528 were engaged in work activities. 64.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 528 workers engaged in Main Work, 273 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.