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Gourhanda Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Gourhanda is a large village located in Chanchal - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 861 families residing. The Gourhanda village has population of 3857 of which 1973 are males while 1884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gourhanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 636 which makes up 16.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gourhanda village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gourhanda as per census is 910, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gourhanda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gourhanda village was 60.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gourhanda Male literacy stands at 65.85 % while female literacy rate was 54.97 %.

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

Gourhanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 861 - -
Population 3,857 1,973 1,884
Child (0-6) 636 333 303
Schedule Caste 841 427 414
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.51 % 65.85 % 54.97 %
Total Workers 1,425 1,132 293
Main Worker 968 - -
Marginal Worker 457 233 224

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.80 % of total population in Gourhanda village. The village Gourhanda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gourhanda village out of total population, 1425 were engaged in work activities. 67.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1425 workers engaged in Main Work, 272 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 606 were Agricultural labourer.