Garigan Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Garigan is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 71 families residing. The Garigan village has population of 315 of which 152 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garigan village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 11.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garigan village is 1072 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Garigan as per census is 714, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Garigan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Garigan village was 62.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Garigan Male literacy stands at 78.63 % while female literacy rate was 47.97 %.

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

Garigan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	315	152	163
Child (0-6)	36	21	15
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	303	143	160
Literacy	62.37 %	78.63 %	47.97 %
Total Workers	161	96	65
Main Worker	5	-	-
Marginal Worker	156	92	64

Caste Factor

In Garigan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.19 % of total population in Garigan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garigan village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Garigan village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 3.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.