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Gaurdanga Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Gaurdanga is a large village located in Katwa - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 476 families residing. The Gaurdanga village has population of 2133 of which 1118 are males while 1015 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurdanga village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 10.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurdanga village is 908 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurdanga as per census is 955, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaurdanga village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurdanga village was 77.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaurdanga Male literacy stands at 84.91 % while female literacy rate was 68.87 %.

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

Gaurdanga Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 476 - -
Population 2,133 1,118 1,015
Child (0-6) 217 111 106
Schedule Caste 778 407 371
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.30 % 84.91 % 68.87 %
Total Workers 685 646 39
Main Worker 471 - -
Marginal Worker 214 190 24

Caste Factor

In Gaurdanga village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.47 % of total population in Gaurdanga village. The village Gaurdanga currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaurdanga village out of total population, 685 were engaged in work activities. 68.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 685 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 234 were Agricultural labourer.