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Gushkara Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gushkara is a large village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 477 families residing. The Gushkara village has population of 2041 of which 1048 are males while 993 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gushkara village population of children with age 0-6 is 192 which makes up 9.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gushkara village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gushkara as per census is 901, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gushkara village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gushkara village was 90.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gushkara Male literacy stands at 95.14 % while female literacy rate was 86.03 %.

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

Gushkara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 477 - -
Population 2,041 1,048 993
Child (0-6) 192 101 91
Schedule Caste 4 3 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.70 % 95.14 % 86.03 %
Total Workers 830 704 126
Main Worker 756 - -
Marginal Worker 74 6 68

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.20 % of total population in Gushkara village. The village Gushkara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gushkara village out of total population, 830 were engaged in work activities. 91.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 830 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.