Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Gama Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gama is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 425 families residing. The Gama village has population of 1874 of which 949 are males while 925 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gama village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 12.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gama village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gama as per census is 835, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gama village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gama village was 71.66 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gama Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 59.95 %.

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

Gama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 425 - -
Population 1,874 949 925
Child (0-6) 233 127 106
Schedule Caste 218 119 99
Schedule Tribe 749 381 368
Literacy 71.66 % 83.33 % 59.95 %
Total Workers 901 544 357
Main Worker 539 - -
Marginal Worker 362 119 243

Caste Factor

In Gama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.97 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 11.63 % of total population in Gama village.

Work Profile

In Gama village out of total population, 901 were engaged in work activities. 59.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 901 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 391 were Agricultural labourer.