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Ghagha Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Ghagha is a medium size village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 301 families residing. The Ghagha village has population of 1351 of which 678 are males while 673 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagha village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 14.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagha village is 993 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagha as per census is 1041, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Ghagha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagha village was 47.27 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Ghagha Male literacy stands at 56.80 % while female literacy rate was 37.59 %.

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

Ghagha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 301 - -
Population 1,351 678 673
Child (0-6) 198 97 101
Schedule Caste 302 152 150
Schedule Tribe 944 479 465
Literacy 47.27 % 56.80 % 37.59 %
Total Workers 695 383 312
Main Worker 229 - -
Marginal Worker 466 200 266

Caste Factor

In Ghagha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.87 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.35 % of total population in Ghagha village.

Work Profile

In Ghagha village out of total population, 695 were engaged in work activities. 32.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 695 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 197 were Agricultural labourer.