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Gangaprasad Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gangaprasad is a large village located in Kaliachak - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 1501 families residing. The Gangaprasad village has population of 7037 of which 3633 are males while 3404 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangaprasad village population of children with age 0-6 is 1105 which makes up 15.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangaprasad village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangaprasad as per census is 942, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gangaprasad village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangaprasad village was 70.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangaprasad Male literacy stands at 73.24 % while female literacy rate was 67.71 %.

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

Gangaprasad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,501 - -
Population 7,037 3,633 3,404
Child (0-6) 1,105 569 536
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.57 % 73.24 % 67.71 %
Total Workers 2,982 1,815 1,167
Main Worker 1,636 - -
Marginal Worker 1,346 621 725

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gangaprasad village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Gangaprasad village out of total population, 2982 were engaged in work activities. 54.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2982 workers engaged in Main Work, 281 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 442 were Agricultural labourer.