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Gaurhati Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gaurhati is a small village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 44 families residing. The Gaurhati village has population of 179 of which 92 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurhati village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 9.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurhati village is 946 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurhati as per census is 545, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaurhati village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurhati village was 86.42 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaurhati Male literacy stands at 91.36 % while female literacy rate was 81.48 %.

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

Gaurhati Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 179 92 87
Child (0-6) 17 11 6
Schedule Caste 5 2 3
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 86.42 % 91.36 % 81.48 %
Total Workers 109 56 53
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 99 47 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.79 % of total population in Gaurhati village.

Work Profile

In Gaurhati village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 9.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.