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Dakshin Gouripur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Dakshin Gouripur is a large village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 579 families residing. The Dakshin Gouripur village has population of 2758 of which 1413 are males while 1345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dakshin Gouripur village population of children with age 0-6 is 442 which makes up 16.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dakshin Gouripur village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Dakshin Gouripur as per census is 1037, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Dakshin Gouripur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Dakshin Gouripur village was 60.49 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Dakshin Gouripur Male literacy stands at 63.63 % while female literacy rate was 57.14 %.

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

Dakshin Gouripur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 579 - -
Population 2,758 1,413 1,345
Child (0-6) 442 217 225
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.49 % 63.63 % 57.14 %
Total Workers 744 697 47
Main Worker 574 - -
Marginal Worker 170 158 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.51 % of total population in Dakshin Gouripur village. The village Dakshin Gouripur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dakshin Gouripur village out of total population, 744 were engaged in work activities. 77.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 744 workers engaged in Main Work, 277 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.