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West Gangavaram Population - Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh

West Gangavaram is a large village located in Kurichedu Mandal of Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh with total 521 families residing. The West Gangavaram village has population of 2101 of which 1090 are males while 1011 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In West Gangavaram village population of children with age 0-6 is 290 which makes up 13.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of West Gangavaram village is 928 which is lower than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the West Gangavaram as per census is 1000, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.

West Gangavaram village has lower literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of West Gangavaram village was 54.89 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In West Gangavaram Male literacy stands at 72.17 % while female literacy rate was 36.03 %.

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

West Gangavaram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 521 - -
Population 2,101 1,090 1,011
Child (0-6) 290 145 145
Schedule Caste 351 170 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.89 % 72.17 % 36.03 %
Total Workers 1,272 651 621
Main Worker 1,250 - -
Marginal Worker 22 7 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.71 % of total population in West Gangavaram village. The village West Gangavaram currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In West Gangavaram village out of total population, 1272 were engaged in work activities. 98.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1272 workers engaged in Main Work, 755 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 400 were Agricultural labourer.