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Gilakhali Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gilakhali is a medium size village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Gilakhali village has population of 485 of which 257 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gilakhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 12.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gilakhali village is 887 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gilakhali as per census is 935, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gilakhali village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gilakhali village was 90.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gilakhali Male literacy stands at 93.36 % while female literacy rate was 86.43 %.

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

Gilakhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 485 257 228
Child (0-6) 60 31 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.12 % 93.36 % 86.43 %
Total Workers 188 155 33
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 63 53 10

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gilakhali village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Gilakhali village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 66.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.