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Gurkhair Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gurkhair is a large village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 507 families residing. The Gurkhair village has population of 2162 of which 1087 are males while 1075 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurkhair village population of children with age 0-6 is 305 which makes up 14.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurkhair village is 989 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurkhair as per census is 906, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gurkhair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurkhair village was 68.82 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gurkhair Male literacy stands at 75.84 % while female literacy rate was 61.83 %.

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

Gurkhair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 507 - -
Population 2,162 1,087 1,075
Child (0-6) 305 160 145
Schedule Caste 209 106 103
Schedule Tribe 308 143 165
Literacy 68.82 % 75.84 % 61.83 %
Total Workers 709 546 163
Main Worker 624 - -
Marginal Worker 85 33 52

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 14.25 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.67 % of total population in Gurkhair village.

Work Profile

In Gurkhair village out of total population, 709 were engaged in work activities. 88.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 709 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 331 were Agricultural labourer.