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Gumkia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gumkia is a medium size village located in Bhagawanpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 206 families residing. The Gumkia village has population of 879 of which 461 are males while 418 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gumkia village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 10.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gumkia village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gumkia as per census is 846, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gumkia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gumkia village was 91.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gumkia Male literacy stands at 95.84 % while female literacy rate was 86.63 %.

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

Gumkia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 206 - -
Population 879 461 418
Child (0-6) 96 52 44
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.44 % 95.84 % 86.63 %
Total Workers 293 262 31
Main Worker 262 - -
Marginal Worker 31 22 9

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gumkia village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 89.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.