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Gaurangachak Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gaurangachak is a small village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 37 families residing. The Gaurangachak village has population of 160 of which 81 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaurangachak village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 17.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaurangachak village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaurangachak as per census is 1333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaurangachak village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaurangachak village was 75.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaurangachak Male literacy stands at 89.86 % while female literacy rate was 58.73 %.

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

Gaurangachak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 160 81 79
Child (0-6) 28 12 16
Schedule Caste 49 24 25
Schedule Tribe 86 43 43
Literacy 75.00 % 89.86 % 58.73 %
Total Workers 65 52 13
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 30 25 5

Caste Factor

In Gaurangachak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.75 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.63 % of total population in Gaurangachak village.

Work Profile

In Gaurangachak village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 53.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.