Gungaon Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gungaon is a medium size village located in Maldah (Old) Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 164 families residing. The Gungaon village has population of 754 of which 369 are males while 385 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gungaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 14.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gungaon village is 1043 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gungaon as per census is 797, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gungaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gungaon village was 53.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gungaon Male literacy stands at 63.87 % while female literacy rate was 43.79 %.

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

Gungaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	164	-	-
Population	754	369	385
Child (0-6)	106	59	47
Schedule Caste	356	188	168
Schedule Tribe	308	139	169
Literacy	53.40 %	63.87 %	43.79 %
Total Workers	437	245	192
Main Worker	314	-	-
Marginal Worker	123	41	82

Caste Factor

In Gungaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.21 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 40.85 % of total population in Gungaon village.

Work Profile

In Gungaon village out of total population, 437 were engaged in work activities. 71.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 437 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.