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Gangapur Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Gangapur is a medium size village located in Illambazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 177 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 696 of which 369 are males while 327 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 12.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 600, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gangapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 67.60 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 74.20 % while female literacy rate was 60.54 %.

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 177 - -
Population 696 369 327
Child (0-6) 88 55 33
Schedule Caste 483 261 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.60 % 74.20 % 60.54 %
Total Workers 339 219 120
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 272 158 114

Caste Factor

In Gangapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.40 % of total population in Gangapur village. The village Gangapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangapur village out of total population, 339 were engaged in work activities. 19.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 339 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.