Gangpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Gangpur is a medium size village located in Khoyrasol Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 172 families residing. The Gangpur village has population of 799 of which 437 are males while 362 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 15.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangpur village is 828 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangpur as per census is 836, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gangpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangpur village was 67.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangpur Male literacy stands at 81.08 % while female literacy rate was 51.31 %.

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

Gangpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	172	-	-
Population	799	437	362
Child (0-6)	123	67	56
Schedule Caste	367	203	164
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.60 %	81.08 %	51.31 %
Total Workers	246	230	16
Main Worker	100	-	-
Marginal Worker	146	131	15

Caste Factor

In Gangpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.93 % of total population in Gangpur village. The village Gangpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangpur village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 40.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.