Gagra Char Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gagra Char is a medium size village located in Nandigram - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 147 families residing. The Gagra Char village has population of 709 of which 366 are males while 343 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gagra Char village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 12.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gagra Char village is 937 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gagra Char as per census is 917, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gagra Char village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gagra Char village was 85.58 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gagra Char Male literacy stands at 89.94 % while female literacy rate was 80.94 %.

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

Gagra Char Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	147	-	-
Population	709	366	343
Child (0-6)	92	48	44
Schedule Caste	326	170	156
Schedule Tribe	1	0	1
Literacy	85.58 %	89.94 %	80.94 %
Total Workers	485	282	203
Main Worker	419	-	-
Marginal Worker	66	23	43

Caste Factor

In Gagra Char village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.98 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Gagra Char village.

Work Profile

In Gagra Char village out of total population, 485 were engaged in work activities. 86.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 485 workers engaged in Main Work, 150 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.