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Gaursanda Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gaursanda is a medium size village located in Chanchal - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 371 families residing. The Gaursanda village has population of 1648 of which 865 are males while 783 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaursanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 242 which makes up 14.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaursanda village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaursanda as per census is 921, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaursanda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaursanda village was 55.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaursanda Male literacy stands at 63.87 % while female literacy rate was 45.73 %.

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

Gaursanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,648 865 783
Child (0-6) 242 126 116
Schedule Caste 26 13 13
Schedule Tribe 934 487 447
Literacy 55.26 % 63.87 % 45.73 %
Total Workers 610 454 156
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 251 116 135

Caste Factor

In Gaursanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.67 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.58 % of total population in Gaursanda village.

Work Profile

In Gaursanda village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 58.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.