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Gurguria Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gurguria is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 280 families residing. The Gurguria village has population of 1941 of which 988 are males while 953 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurguria village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 16.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurguria village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurguria as per census is 994, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gurguria village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurguria village was 71.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gurguria Male literacy stands at 88.07 % while female literacy rate was 53.89 %.

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

Gurguria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,941 988 953
Child (0-6) 315 158 157
Schedule Caste 39 22 17
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.34 % 88.07 % 53.89 %
Total Workers 593 537 56
Main Worker 424 - -
Marginal Worker 169 148 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.01 % of total population in Gurguria village. The village Gurguria currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurguria village out of total population, 593 were engaged in work activities. 71.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 593 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.