Ghagra Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Ghagra is a village situated in Mahisadal block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 258 families residing in the village Ghagra. The total population of Ghagra is 1,185 out of which 613 are males and 572 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Ghagra is 933.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Ghagra village is 106 which is 9% of the total population. There are 58 male children and 48 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Ghagra is 828 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (933) of Ghagra village.

Population
1,185
Families
258
Literacy
93.51%
Sex Ratio
933

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Ghagra is 93.5%. Thus Ghagra village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 97.48% and the female literacy rate is 89.31% in Ghagra village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Ghagra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Ghagra Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Ghagra village.

Total Male Female
Children 106 58 48
Literacy 93.51% 97.48% 89.31%
Scheduled Caste 12 9 3
Scheduled Tribe 5 3 2
Illiterate 176 72 104

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.4% of total population in Ghagra village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Ghagra village out of total population, 383 were engaged in work activities. 80.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 383 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 310 268 42
Cultivators 1 1 0
Agriculture Labourer 49 47 2
Household Industries 24 21 3
Other Workers 236 199 37
Marginal Workers 73 58 15
Non Working 802 287 515

Nearby Villages to Ghagra,

Below are the list of villages near Ghagra village in Mahisadal.

Village Population
Sar Berya 1,163
Sundra 649
Bagda 914
Ektarpur 1,983
Kanchanpur 5,597
Basudebpur 955
Kapurda 1,933
Jhaupatra 1,694
Kapaserya 3,773
Madhya Hingli 3,261

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