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Gaushpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gaushpur is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 367 families residing. The Gaushpur village has population of 1609 of which 829 are males while 780 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaushpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 14.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaushpur village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaushpur as per census is 965, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaushpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaushpur village was 70.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaushpur Male literacy stands at 74.09 % while female literacy rate was 66.52 %.

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

Gaushpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,609 829 780
Child (0-6) 226 115 111
Schedule Caste 87 39 48
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 70.43 % 74.09 % 66.52 %
Total Workers 592 412 180
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 206 159 47

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Gaushpur village.

Work Profile

In Gaushpur village out of total population, 592 were engaged in work activities. 65.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 592 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 177 were Agricultural labourer.