Garpahar Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Garpahar is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 120 families residing. The Garpahar village has population of 504 of which 263 are males while 241 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garpahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 13.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garpahar village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garpahar as per census is 692, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Garpahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garpahar village was 64.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garpahar Male literacy stands at 78.57 % while female literacy rate was 50.47 %.

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

Garpahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	504	263	241
Child (0-6)	66	39	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	463	239	224
Literacy	64.84 %	78.57 %	50.47 %
Total Workers	169	136	33
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	151	124	27

Caste Factor

In Garpahar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.87 % of total population in Garpahar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garpahar village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Garpahar village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 10.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.