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Giria Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Giria is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 118 families residing. The Giria village has population of 499 of which 236 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Giria village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 9.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Giria village is 1114 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Giria as per census is 846, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Giria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Giria village was 70.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Giria Male literacy stands at 79.05 % while female literacy rate was 63.07 %.

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

Giria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 118 - -
Population 499 236 263
Child (0-6) 48 26 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 231 113 118
Literacy 70.51 % 79.05 % 63.07 %
Total Workers 307 149 158
Main Worker 306 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

In Giria village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.29 % of total population in Giria village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Giria village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Giria village out of total population, 307 were engaged in work activities. 99.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 307 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.