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Gorgawan Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Gorgawan is a medium size village located in Mahagama Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 279 families residing. The Gorgawan village has population of 1865 of which 966 are males while 899 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 386 which makes up 20.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorgawan village is 931 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorgawan as per census is 901, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gorgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorgawan village was 43.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gorgawan Male literacy stands at 50.20 % while female literacy rate was 37.15 %.

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

Gorgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,865 966 899
Child (0-6) 386 203 183
Schedule Caste 368 203 165
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 43.88 % 50.20 % 37.15 %
Total Workers 787 483 304
Main Worker 778 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.73 % of total population in Gorgawan village. The village Gorgawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorgawan village out of total population, 787 were engaged in work activities. 98.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 787 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 559 were Agricultural labourer.