Gandua Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Gandua is a medium size village located in Magrahat - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 143 families residing. The Gandua village has population of 611 of which 312 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandua village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 13.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandua village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandua as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gandua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandua village was 75.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gandua Male literacy stands at 85.61 % while female literacy rate was 65.65 %.

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

Gandua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	143	-	-
Population	611	312	299
Child (0-6)	85	48	37
Schedule Caste	442	219	223
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.67 %	85.61 %	65.65 %
Total Workers	188	173	15
Main Worker	168	-	-
Marginal Worker	20	13	7

Caste Factor

In Gandua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.34 % of total population in Gandua village. The village Gandua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandua village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 89.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.