Gajlia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gajlia is a small village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 29 families residing. The Gajlia village has population of 141 of which 66 are males while 75 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajlia village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 11.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajlia village is 1136 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajlia as per census is 1667, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gajlia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajlia village was 71.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gajlia Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 60.00 %.

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

Gajlia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	141	66	75
Child (0-6)	16	6	10
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	141	66	75
Literacy	71.20 %	83.33 %	60.00 %
Total Workers	56	38	18
Main Worker	6	-	-
Marginal Worker	50	32	18

Caste Factor

In Gajlia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Gajlia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gajlia village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Gajlia village out of total population, 56 were engaged in work activities. 10.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 56 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.