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Gayen Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Gayen is a medium size village located in Kharibari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 308 families residing. The Gayen village has population of 1469 of which 744 are males while 725 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gayen village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 14.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gayen village is 974 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gayen as per census is 930, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gayen village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gayen village was 77.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gayen Male literacy stands at 85.56 % while female literacy rate was 68.34 %.

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

Gayen Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 308 - -
Population 1,469 744 725
Child (0-6) 220 114 106
Schedule Caste 617 317 300
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.02 % 85.56 % 68.34 %
Total Workers 476 392 84
Main Worker 325 - -
Marginal Worker 151 97 54

Caste Factor

In Gayen village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.00 % of total population in Gayen village. The village Gayen currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gayen village out of total population, 476 were engaged in work activities. 68.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 476 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.