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Gorakhpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gorakhpur is a large village located in Chanchal - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 683 families residing. The Gorakhpur village has population of 3039 of which 1578 are males while 1461 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorakhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 390 which makes up 12.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorakhpur village is 926 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorakhpur as per census is 1031, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gorakhpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorakhpur village was 73.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gorakhpur Male literacy stands at 75.04 % while female literacy rate was 72.37 %.

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

Gorakhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 683 - -
Population 3,039 1,578 1,461
Child (0-6) 390 192 198
Schedule Caste 71 34 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.76 % 75.04 % 72.37 %
Total Workers 1,077 950 127
Main Worker 768 - -
Marginal Worker 309 236 73

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.34 % of total population in Gorakhpur village. The village Gorakhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorakhpur village out of total population, 1077 were engaged in work activities. 71.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1077 workers engaged in Main Work, 263 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 393 were Agricultural labourer.