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Gholai Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gholai is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 127 families residing. The Gholai village has population of 580 of which 281 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gholai village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gholai village is 1064 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gholai as per census is 1345, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gholai village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gholai village was 77.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gholai Male literacy stands at 89.29 % while female literacy rate was 66.92 %.

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

Gholai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 580 281 299
Child (0-6) 68 29 39
Schedule Caste 250 118 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.93 % 89.29 % 66.92 %
Total Workers 236 197 39
Main Worker 45 - -
Marginal Worker 191 159 32

Caste Factor

In Gholai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.10 % of total population in Gholai village. The village Gholai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gholai village out of total population, 236 were engaged in work activities. 19.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 236 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.