Gangapur is a large village located in Beldanga - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 1166 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 5499 of which 2785 are males while 2714 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 962 which makes up 17.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 1073, higher than West Bengal average of 956.
Gangapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 77.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 80.27 % while female literacy rate was 75.50 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gangapur 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 Gangapur village.
Gangapur Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
1,166 |
- |
- |
| Population |
5,499 |
2,785 |
2,714 |
| Child (0-6) |
962 |
464 |
498 |
| Schedule Caste |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
77.94 % |
80.27 % |
75.50 % |
| Total Workers |
1,615 |
1,483 |
132 |
| Main Worker |
1,497 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
118 |
85 |
33 |
Caste Factor
There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gangapur village of Murshidabad district.
Work Profile
In Gangapur village out of total population, 1615 were engaged in work activities. 92.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 1615 workers engaged in Main Work, 235 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 580 were Agricultural labourer.