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Kanchan Gerya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchan Gerya is a medium size village located in Debra Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 124 families residing. The Kanchan Gerya village has population of 596 of which 288 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchan Gerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 10.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchan Gerya village is 1069 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchan Gerya as per census is 1542, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchan Gerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchan Gerya village was 91.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchan Gerya Male literacy stands at 95.83 % while female literacy rate was 86.72 %.

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

Kanchan Gerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 596 288 308
Child (0-6) 61 24 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 30 15 15
Literacy 91.21 % 95.83 % 86.72 %
Total Workers 256 179 77
Main Worker 186 - -
Marginal Worker 70 3 67

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.03 % of total population in Kanchan Gerya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanchan Gerya village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Kanchan Gerya village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 72.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.