Garal Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Garal is a medium size village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 390 families residing. The Garal village has population of 1747 of which 900 are males while 847 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garal village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 11.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garal village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garal as per census is 1010, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Garal village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garal village was 65.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garal Male literacy stands at 74.94 % while female literacy rate was 56.28 %.

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

Garal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	390	-	-
Population	1,747	900	847
Child (0-6)	197	98	99
Schedule Caste	1,602	819	783
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.94 %	74.94 %	56.28 %
Total Workers	658	530	128
Main Worker	534	-	-
Marginal Worker	124	57	67

Caste Factor

In Garal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.70 % of total population in Garal village. The village Garal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garal village out of total population, 658 were engaged in work activities. 81.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 658 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.