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Ghagra Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Ghagra is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 375 families residing. The Ghagra village has population of 1489 of which 742 are males while 747 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagra village is 1007 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagra as per census is 1293, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghagra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagra village was 89.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghagra Male literacy stands at 93.27 % while female literacy rate was 86.31 %.

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

Ghagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 375 - -
Population 1,489 742 747
Child (0-6) 133 58 75
Schedule Caste 153 77 76
Schedule Tribe 18 8 10
Literacy 89.82 % 93.27 % 86.31 %
Total Workers 559 401 158
Main Worker 527 - -
Marginal Worker 32 23 9

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.28 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.21 % of total population in Ghagra village.

Work Profile

In Ghagra village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 94.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.