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Gourdih Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gourdih is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 113 families residing. The Gourdih village has population of 574 of which 272 are males while 302 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gourdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 17.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gourdih village is 1110 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gourdih as per census is 941, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gourdih village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gourdih village was 48.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gourdih Male literacy stands at 64.25 % while female literacy rate was 33.86 %.

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

Gourdih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 574 272 302
Child (0-6) 99 51 48
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 56 27 29
Literacy 48.00 % 64.25 % 33.86 %
Total Workers 159 137 22
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 122 105 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 9.76 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.35 % of total population in Gourdih village.

Work Profile

In Gourdih village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 23.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.