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Kantha Gerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kantha Gerya is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 88 families residing. The Kantha Gerya village has population of 332 of which 163 are males while 169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kantha Gerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 9.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kantha Gerya village is 1037 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kantha Gerya as per census is 1200, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kantha Gerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kantha Gerya village was 89.97 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kantha Gerya Male literacy stands at 99.32 % while female literacy rate was 80.79 %.

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

Kantha Gerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 332 163 169
Child (0-6) 33 15 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 53 25 28
Literacy 89.97 % 99.32 % 80.79 %
Total Workers 110 92 18
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 5 2 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 15.96 % of total population in Kantha Gerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kantha Gerya village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kantha Gerya village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 95.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.