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Gandihar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gandihar is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 94 families residing. The Gandihar village has population of 392 of which 194 are males while 198 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandihar village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandihar village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandihar as per census is 1083, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gandihar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandihar village was 67.54 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gandihar Male literacy stands at 70.00 % while female literacy rate was 65.12 %.

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

Gandihar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 94 - -
Population 392 194 198
Child (0-6) 50 24 26
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 74 42 32
Literacy 67.54 % 70.00 % 65.12 %
Total Workers 221 114 107
Main Worker 117 - -
Marginal Worker 104 1 103

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.88 % of total population in Gandihar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gandihar village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Gandihar village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 52.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.