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Gelia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Gelia is a medium size village located in Jaypur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 405 families residing. The Gelia village has population of 1655 of which 838 are males while 817 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gelia village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gelia village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gelia as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gelia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gelia village was 87.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gelia Male literacy stands at 91.63 % while female literacy rate was 83.06 %.

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

Gelia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 405 - -
Population 1,655 838 817
Child (0-6) 158 85 73
Schedule Caste 375 200 175
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.37 % 91.63 % 83.06 %
Total Workers 847 544 303
Main Worker 622 - -
Marginal Worker 225 54 171

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.66 % of total population in Gelia village. The village Gelia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gelia village out of total population, 847 were engaged in work activities. 73.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 847 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.