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Gaighata Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gaighata is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 95 families residing. The Gaighata village has population of 360 of which 187 are males while 173 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaighata village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 8.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaighata village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaighata as per census is 1133, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaighata village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaighata village was 90.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaighata Male literacy stands at 91.86 % while female literacy rate was 88.46 %.

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

Gaighata Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 360 187 173
Child (0-6) 32 15 17
Schedule Caste 83 43 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.24 % 91.86 % 88.46 %
Total Workers 127 110 17
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 108 94 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.06 % of total population in Gaighata village. The village Gaighata currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaighata village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 14.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.