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Garra Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Garra is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 136 families residing. The Garra village has population of 591 of which 312 are males while 279 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garra village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 15.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garra village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garra as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Garra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garra village was 33.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garra Male literacy stands at 36.70 % while female literacy rate was 30.34 %.

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

Garra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 591 312 279
Child (0-6) 90 45 45
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 58 33 25
Literacy 33.73 % 36.70 % 30.34 %
Total Workers 190 177 13
Main Worker 157 - -
Marginal Worker 33 23 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.81 % of total population in Garra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garra village of Maldah.

Work Profile

In Garra village out of total population, 190 were engaged in work activities. 82.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 190 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 127 were Agricultural labourer.