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Gahami Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gahami is a medium size village located in Pandua Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 329 families residing. The Gahami village has population of 1413 of which 701 are males while 712 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahami village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahami village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahami as per census is 1145, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gahami village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahami village was 75.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gahami Male literacy stands at 82.24 % while female literacy rate was 68.96 %.

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

Gahami Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,413 701 712
Child (0-6) 163 76 87
Schedule Caste 489 247 242
Schedule Tribe 299 148 151
Literacy 75.60 % 82.24 % 68.96 %
Total Workers 593 414 179
Main Worker 384 - -
Marginal Worker 209 122 87

Caste Factor

Gahami village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 21.16 % of total population in Gahami village.

Work Profile

In Gahami village out of total population, 593 were engaged in work activities. 64.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 593 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 207 were Agricultural labourer.