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Gagra Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gagra is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 328 families residing. The Gagra village has population of 1337 of which 711 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gagra village is 880 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gagra as per census is 908, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gagra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gagra village was 68.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gagra Male literacy stands at 71.18 % while female literacy rate was 66.25 %.

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

Gagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,337 711 626
Child (0-6) 145 76 69
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.88 % 71.18 % 66.25 %
Total Workers 454 438 16
Main Worker 449 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gagra village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Gagra village out of total population, 454 were engaged in work activities. 98.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 454 workers engaged in Main Work, 137 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 286 were Agricultural labourer.