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Gandhpur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Gandhpur is a medium size village located in Nanoor Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 335 families residing. The Gandhpur village has population of 1496 of which 789 are males while 707 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 11.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhpur village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhpur as per census is 1075, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gandhpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhpur village was 70.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gandhpur Male literacy stands at 75.74 % while female literacy rate was 64.90 %.

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

Gandhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 335 - -
Population 1,496 789 707
Child (0-6) 166 80 86
Schedule Caste 694 358 336
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.68 % 75.74 % 64.90 %
Total Workers 519 494 25
Main Worker 517 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Gandhpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.39 % of total population in Gandhpur village. The village Gandhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhpur village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 99.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 217 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.