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Kanchra Gerya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kanchra Gerya is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 211 families residing. The Kanchra Gerya village has population of 1073 of which 557 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanchra Gerya village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 11.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanchra Gerya village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanchra Gerya as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kanchra Gerya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanchra Gerya village was 81.80 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kanchra Gerya Male literacy stands at 89.80 % while female literacy rate was 73.19 %.

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

Kanchra Gerya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,073 557 516
Child (0-6) 128 67 61
Schedule Caste 350 181 169
Schedule Tribe 15 10 5
Literacy 81.80 % 89.80 % 73.19 %
Total Workers 388 316 72
Main Worker 274 - -
Marginal Worker 114 73 41

Caste Factor

Kanchra Gerya village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.40 % of total population in Kanchra Gerya village.

Work Profile

In Kanchra Gerya village out of total population, 388 were engaged in work activities. 70.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 388 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.