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Gakulnagar Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Gakulnagar is a medium size village located in Jaypur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 146 families residing. The Gakulnagar village has population of 650 of which 346 are males while 304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gakulnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 9.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gakulnagar village is 879 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gakulnagar as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gakulnagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gakulnagar village was 63.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gakulnagar Male literacy stands at 71.29 % while female literacy rate was 53.99 %.

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

Gakulnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 146 - -
Population 650 346 304
Child (0-6) 64 36 28
Schedule Caste 469 241 228
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.14 % 71.29 % 53.99 %
Total Workers 323 202 121
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 236 124 112

Caste Factor

In Gakulnagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.15 % of total population in Gakulnagar village. The village Gakulnagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gakulnagar village out of total population, 323 were engaged in work activities. 26.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 323 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.