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Gargaj Pota Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gargaj Pota is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 260 families residing. The Gargaj Pota village has population of 1392 of which 735 are males while 657 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gargaj Pota village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 14.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gargaj Pota village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gargaj Pota as per census is 893, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gargaj Pota village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gargaj Pota village was 82.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gargaj Pota Male literacy stands at 90.03 % while female literacy rate was 73.98 %.

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

Gargaj Pota Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,392 735 657
Child (0-6) 195 103 92
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.46 % 90.03 % 73.98 %
Total Workers 455 377 78
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 129 65 64

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gargaj Pota village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Gargaj Pota village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 71.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 187 were Agricultural labourer.