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Gorikheda Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Gorikheda is a medium size village located in Pansemal Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 367 families residing. The Gorikheda village has population of 1797 of which 920 are males while 877 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorikheda village population of children with age 0-6 is 366 which makes up 20.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorikheda village is 953 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorikheda as per census is 896, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gorikheda village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorikheda village was 38.36 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gorikheda Male literacy stands at 41.95 % while female literacy rate was 34.66 %.

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

Gorikheda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 367 - -
Population 1,797 920 877
Child (0-6) 366 193 173
Schedule Caste 276 145 131
Schedule Tribe 1,520 774 746
Literacy 38.36 % 41.95 % 34.66 %
Total Workers 914 472 442
Main Worker 244 - -
Marginal Worker 670 290 380

Caste Factor

In Gorikheda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 15.36 % of total population in Gorikheda village.

Work Profile

In Gorikheda village out of total population, 914 were engaged in work activities. 26.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 914 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 165 were Agricultural labourer.