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Gathra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gathra is a large village located in Sahid Matangini Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1005 families residing. The Gathra village has population of 4348 of which 2272 are males while 2076 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gathra village population of children with age 0-6 is 550 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gathra village is 914 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gathra as per census is 839, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gathra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gathra village was 85.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gathra Male literacy stands at 92.30 % while female literacy rate was 78.68 %.

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

Gathra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,005 - -
Population 4,348 2,272 2,076
Child (0-6) 550 299 251
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.76 % 92.30 % 78.68 %
Total Workers 1,495 1,371 124
Main Worker 686 - -
Marginal Worker 809 716 93

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gathra village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Gathra village out of total population, 1495 were engaged in work activities. 45.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1495 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.