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Shankar Gerya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shankar Gerya is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Shankar Gerya village has population of 785 of which 429 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankar Gerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 10.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankar Gerya village is 830 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankar Gerya as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shankar Gerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankar Gerya village was 84.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shankar Gerya Male literacy stands at 90.81 % while female literacy rate was 77.43 %.

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

Shankar Gerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 785 429 356
Child (0-6) 85 48 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.71 % 90.81 % 77.43 %
Total Workers 213 209 4
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 14 14 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Shankar Gerya village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 93.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.