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Gaurangapur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Gaurangapur is a medium size village located in Khanakul - I Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 250 families residing. The Gaurangapur village has population of 1091 of which 563 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurangapur village is 938 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurangapur as per census is 707, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaurangapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurangapur village was 80.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaurangapur Male literacy stands at 88.32 % while female literacy rate was 73.05 %.

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

Gaurangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 250 - -
Population 1,091 563 528
Child (0-6) 128 75 53
Schedule Caste 379 198 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.79 % 88.32 % 73.05 %
Total Workers 427 347 80
Main Worker 338 - -
Marginal Worker 89 41 48

Caste Factor

Gaurangapur village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.74 % of total population in Gaurangapur village. The village Gaurangapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaurangapur village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 79.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.