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Gauripur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gauripur is a medium size village located in Manikchak Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 166 families residing. The Gauripur village has population of 843 of which 447 are males while 396 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gauripur village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 18.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gauripur village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gauripur as per census is 951, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gauripur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gauripur village was 52.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gauripur Male literacy stands at 55.89 % while female literacy rate was 47.80 %.

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

Gauripur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 843 447 396
Child (0-6) 160 82 78
Schedule Caste 297 153 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.12 % 55.89 % 47.80 %
Total Workers 387 231 156
Main Worker 207 - -
Marginal Worker 180 45 135

Caste Factor

In Gauripur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.23 % of total population in Gauripur village. The village Gauripur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gauripur village out of total population, 387 were engaged in work activities. 53.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 387 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.