Gagnabad Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gagnabad is a large village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 561 families residing. The Gagnabad village has population of 2628 of which 1390 are males while 1238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gagnabad village population of children with age 0-6 is 272 which makes up 10.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gagnabad village is 891 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gagnabad as per census is 929, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gagnabad village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gagnabad village was 72.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gagnabad Male literacy stands at 80.30 % while female literacy rate was 63.50 %.

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

Gagnabad Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	561	-	-
Population	2,628	1,390	1,238
Child (0-6)	272	141	131
Schedule Caste	1,178	608	570
Schedule Tribe	132	71	61
Literacy	72.41 %	80.30 %	63.50 %
Total Workers	884	742	142
Main Worker	728	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	62	94

Caste Factor

In Gagnabad village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.82 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.02 % of total population in Gagnabad village.

Work Profile

In Gagnabad village out of total population, 884 were engaged in work activities. 82.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 884 workers engaged in Main Work, 498 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 83 were Agricultural labourer.