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Ganahar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Ganahar is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 386 families residing. The Ganahar village has population of 1609 of which 845 are males while 764 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ganahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ganahar village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ganahar as per census is 745, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Ganahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ganahar village was 66.88 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ganahar Male literacy stands at 72.41 % while female literacy rate was 60.90 %.

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

Ganahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 386 - -
Population 1,609 845 764
Child (0-6) 178 102 76
Schedule Caste 1,371 732 639
Schedule Tribe 133 60 73
Literacy 66.88 % 72.41 % 60.90 %
Total Workers 730 491 239
Main Worker 581 - -
Marginal Worker 149 65 84

Caste Factor

In Ganahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 85.21 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.27 % of total population in Ganahar village.

Work Profile

In Ganahar village out of total population, 730 were engaged in work activities. 79.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 730 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 320 were Agricultural labourer.