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Gahabi Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gahabi is a medium size village located in Egra - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 229 families residing. The Gahabi village has population of 1014 of which 524 are males while 490 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahabi village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 11.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahabi village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahabi as per census is 1034, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gahabi village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahabi village was 91.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gahabi Male literacy stands at 96.78 % while female literacy rate was 85.35 %.

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

Gahabi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,014 524 490
Child (0-6) 118 58 60
Schedule Caste 452 236 216
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 91.29 % 96.78 % 85.35 %
Total Workers 410 291 119
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 219 149 70

Caste Factor

In Gahabi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.10 % of total population in Gahabi village.

Work Profile

In Gahabi village out of total population, 410 were engaged in work activities. 46.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 410 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.