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Gangra Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gangra is a large village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 943 families residing. The Gangra village has population of 4719 of which 2405 are males while 2314 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangra village population of children with age 0-6 is 693 which makes up 14.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangra village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangra as per census is 786, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gangra village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangra village was 86.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gangra Male literacy stands at 91.82 % while female literacy rate was 81.09 %.

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

Gangra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 943 - -
Population 4,719 2,405 2,314
Child (0-6) 693 388 305
Schedule Caste 3,244 1,660 1,584
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.46 % 91.82 % 81.09 %
Total Workers 1,721 1,273 448
Main Worker 940 - -
Marginal Worker 781 460 321

Caste Factor

In Gangra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.74 % of total population in Gangra village. The village Gangra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangra village out of total population, 1721 were engaged in work activities. 54.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1721 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 361 were Agricultural labourer.