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Gahira Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gahira is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 226 families residing. The Gahira village has population of 1231 of which 618 are males while 613 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahira village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 16.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahira village is 992 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahira as per census is 791, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gahira village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahira village was 56.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gahira Male literacy stands at 68.70 % while female literacy rate was 44.68 %.

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

Gahira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,231 618 613
Child (0-6) 197 110 87
Schedule Caste 853 428 425
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.48 % 68.70 % 44.68 %
Total Workers 443 339 104
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 272 178 94

Caste Factor

In Gahira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.29 % of total population in Gahira village. The village Gahira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahira village out of total population, 443 were engaged in work activities. 38.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 443 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.