Gagana Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gagana is a small village located in Egra - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 40 families residing. The Gagana village has population of 176 of which 99 are males while 77 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gagana village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 14.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gagana village is 778 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gagana as per census is 923, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gagana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gagana village was 72.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gagana Male literacy stands at 80.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.08 %.

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

Gagana Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	40	-	-
Population	176	99	77
Child (0-6)	25	13	12
Schedule Caste	107	61	46
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.85 %	80.23 %	63.08 %
Total Workers	96	62	34
Main Worker	40	-	-
Marginal Worker	56	24	32

Caste Factor

In Gagana village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.80 % of total population in Gagana village. The village Gagana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gagana village out of total population, 96 were engaged in work activities. 41.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 96 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.