Gafulia Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Gafulia is a medium size village located in Burwan Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 179 families residing. The Gafulia village has population of 782 of which 422 are males while 360 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gafulia village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 10.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gafulia village is 853 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gafulia as per census is 889, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gafulia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gafulia village was 78.77 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gafulia Male literacy stands at 85.94 % while female literacy rate was 70.31 %.

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

Gafulia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	179	-	-
Population	782	422	360
Child (0-6)	85	45	40
Schedule Caste	294	154	140
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.77 %	85.94 %	70.31 %
Total Workers	347	290	57
Main Worker	282	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	16	49

Caste Factor

In Gafulia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.60 % of total population in Gafulia village. The village Gafulia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gafulia village out of total population, 347 were engaged in work activities. 81.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 347 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.