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Gahulapara Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gahulapara is a medium size village located in Chanchal - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 302 families residing. The Gahulapara village has population of 1239 of which 660 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahulapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 13.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahulapara village is 877 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahulapara as per census is 911, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gahulapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahulapara village was 56.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gahulapara Male literacy stands at 63.33 % while female literacy rate was 48.69 %.

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

Gahulapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,239 660 579
Child (0-6) 172 90 82
Schedule Caste 356 180 176
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.51 % 63.33 % 48.69 %
Total Workers 559 423 136
Main Worker 483 - -
Marginal Worker 76 41 35

Caste Factor

Gahulapara village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.73 % of total population in Gahulapara village. The village Gahulapara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahulapara village out of total population, 559 were engaged in work activities. 86.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 559 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 345 were Agricultural labourer.