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Gaurangapur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gaurangapur is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 73 families residing. The Gaurangapur village has population of 264 of which 135 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 13.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurangapur village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurangapur as per census is 1059, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaurangapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurangapur village was 55.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaurangapur Male literacy stands at 66.95 % while female literacy rate was 43.24 %.

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

Gaurangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 73 - -
Population 264 135 129
Child (0-6) 35 17 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 261 133 128
Literacy 55.46 % 66.95 % 43.24 %
Total Workers 109 83 26
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 27 6 21

Caste Factor

In Gaurangapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.86 % of total population in Gaurangapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gaurangapur village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Gaurangapur village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 75.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.