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Gangasagar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gangasagar is a medium size village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 227 families residing. The Gangasagar village has population of 938 of which 460 are males while 478 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangasagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 11.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangasagar village is 1039 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangasagar as per census is 1265, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gangasagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangasagar village was 86.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangasagar Male literacy stands at 94.40 % while female literacy rate was 77.88 %.

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

Gangasagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 938 460 478
Child (0-6) 111 49 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 86.09 % 94.40 % 77.88 %
Total Workers 469 300 169
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 157 17 140

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.53 % of total population in Gangasagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gangasagar village of Purba Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Gangasagar village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 66.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.