Gadgachhi Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gadgachhi is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 133 families residing. The Gadgachhi village has population of 488 of which 254 are males while 234 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gadgachhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 12.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gadgachhi village is 921 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gadgachhi as per census is 1143, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gadgachhi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gadgachhi village was 71.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gadgachhi Male literacy stands at 81.42 % while female literacy rate was 61.39 %.

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

Gadgachhi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	133	-	-
Population	488	254	234
Child (0-6)	60	28	32
Schedule Caste	151	81	70
Schedule Tribe	242	122	120
Literacy	71.96 %	81.42 %	61.39 %
Total Workers	230	141	89
Main Worker	121	-	-
Marginal Worker	109	26	83

Caste Factor

In Gadgachhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.94 % of total population in Gadgachhi village.

Work Profile

In Gadgachhi village out of total population, 230 were engaged in work activities. 52.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 230 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.