Gourangapur Population, Caste, Working Data Hugli, West Bengal - Census 2011

Gourangapur is a village situated in Singur block of Hugli district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 530 families residing in the village Gourangapur. The total population of Gourangapur is 2,171 out of which 1,104 are males and 1,067 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gourangapur is 966.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gourangapur village is 207 which is 10% of the total population. There are 107 male children and 100 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gourangapur is 935 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (966) of Gourangapur village.

Population
2,171
Families
530
Literacy
81.62%
Sex Ratio
966

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gourangapur is 81.6%. Thus Gourangapur village has higher literacy rate compared to 73.9% of Hugli district. The male literacy rate is 86.26% and the female literacy rate is 76.84% in Gourangapur village.

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

Gourangapur Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 207 107 100
Literacy 81.62% 86.26% 76.84%
Scheduled Caste 595 297 298
Scheduled Tribe 2 2 0
Illiterate 568 244 324

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Gourangapur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Gourangapur village out of total population, 922 were engaged in work activities. 89% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 922 workers engaged in Main Work, 147 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 821 739 82
Cultivators 147 144 3
Agriculture Labourer 111 103 8
Household Industries 40 36 4
Other Workers 523 456 67
Marginal Workers 101 22 79
Non Working 1,249 343 906

Nearby Villages to Gourangapur,

Below are the list of villages near Gourangapur village in Singur.

Village Population
Ghosha 358
Patul.Raghabpur 1,234
Palara 2,008
Bighati 4,388
Dhitara 2,336
Jhakari 2,395
Nezampur 975
Baharampur 2,039
Bara Kamalapur 20,047
Pahlanpur 6,034

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