Gournagar Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gournagar is a medium size village located in Balagarh Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 90 families residing. The Gournagar village has population of 387 of which 208 are males while 179 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gournagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 10.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gournagar village is 861 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gournagar as per census is 519, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gournagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gournagar village was 73.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gournagar Male literacy stands at 82.32 % while female literacy rate was 64.85 %.

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

Gournagar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	90	-	-
Population	387	208	179
Child (0-6)	41	27	14
Schedule Caste	156	84	72
Schedule Tribe	27	16	11
Literacy	73.99 %	82.32 %	64.85 %
Total Workers	147	131	16
Main Worker	145	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Gournagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.98 % of total population in Gournagar village.

Work Profile

In Gournagar village out of total population, 147 were engaged in work activities. 98.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 147 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.