Garakusum Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Garakusum is a medium size village located in Bankura - II Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 100 families residing. The Garakusum village has population of 448 of which 222 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garakusum village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 17.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garakusum village is 1018 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garakusum as per census is 1079, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Garakusum village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garakusum village was 47.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garakusum Male literacy stands at 57.61 % while female literacy rate was 36.76 %.

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

Garakusum Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	448	222	226
Child (0-6)	79	38	41
Schedule Caste	384	192	192
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	47.15 %	57.61 %	36.76 %
Total Workers	215	124	91
Main Worker	39	-	-
Marginal Worker	176	90	86

Caste Factor

In Garakusum village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.71 % of total population in Garakusum village. The village Garakusum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garakusum village out of total population, 215 were engaged in work activities. 18.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 215 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.