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Gharaigerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gharaigerya is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 60 families residing. The Gharaigerya village has population of 256 of which 131 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharaigerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 16.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharaigerya village is 954 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharaigerya as per census is 708, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gharaigerya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharaigerya village was 66.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gharaigerya Male literacy stands at 71.03 % while female literacy rate was 61.11 %.

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

Gharaigerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 256 131 125
Child (0-6) 41 24 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 107 54 53
Literacy 66.05 % 71.03 % 61.11 %
Total Workers 101 62 39
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 66 34 32

Caste Factor

In Gharaigerya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 41.80 % of total population in Gharaigerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gharaigerya village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Gharaigerya village out of total population, 101 were engaged in work activities. 34.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 101 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.