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Girisha Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Girisha is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 205 families residing. The Girisha village has population of 870 of which 439 are males while 431 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Girisha village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Girisha village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Girisha as per census is 1214, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Girisha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Girisha village was 92.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Girisha Male literacy stands at 96.73 % while female literacy rate was 87.11 %.

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

Girisha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 870 439 431
Child (0-6) 93 42 51
Schedule Caste 317 153 164
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.02 % 96.73 % 87.11 %
Total Workers 280 258 22
Main Worker 278 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

In Girisha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.44 % of total population in Girisha village. The village Girisha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Girisha village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 99.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 142 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 120 were Agricultural labourer.