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Gunja Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gunja is a medium size village located in Jaipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 315 families residing. The Gunja village has population of 1850 of which 966 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gunja village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 13.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gunja village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gunja as per census is 796, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gunja village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gunja village was 70.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gunja Male literacy stands at 86.53 % while female literacy rate was 53.05 %.

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

Gunja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 315 - -
Population 1,850 966 884
Child (0-6) 255 142 113
Schedule Caste 248 123 125
Schedule Tribe 28 16 12
Literacy 70.34 % 86.53 % 53.05 %
Total Workers 664 432 232
Main Worker 491 - -
Marginal Worker 173 69 104

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.41 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.51 % of total population in Gunja village.

Work Profile

In Gunja village out of total population, 664 were engaged in work activities. 73.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 664 workers engaged in Main Work, 302 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 78 were Agricultural labourer.