Gerul Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gerul is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 99 families residing. The Gerul village has population of 443 of which 220 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gerul village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 14.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gerul village is 1014 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gerul as per census is 1200, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gerul village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gerul village was 39.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gerul Male literacy stands at 49.47 % while female literacy rate was 29.41 %.

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

Gerul Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	99	-	-
Population	443	220	223
Child (0-6)	66	30	36
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	436	217	219
Literacy	39.52 %	49.47 %	29.41 %
Total Workers	233	121	112
Main Worker	144	-	-
Marginal Worker	89	6	83

Caste Factor

In Gerul village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.42 % of total population in Gerul village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gerul village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Gerul village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 61.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.