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Gajipur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gajipur is a medium size village located in Sutahata Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 269 families residing. The Gajipur village has population of 1220 of which 621 are males while 599 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajipur village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 14.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajipur village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajipur as per census is 1190, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gajipur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajipur village was 82.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gajipur Male literacy stands at 87.45 % while female literacy rate was 76.63 %.

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

Gajipur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 269 - -
Population 1,220 621 599
Child (0-6) 173 79 94
Schedule Caste 527 271 256
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.23 % 87.45 % 76.63 %
Total Workers 411 342 69
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 189 144 45

Caste Factor

In Gajipur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.20 % of total population in Gajipur village. The village Gajipur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajipur village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 54.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.