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Gurganwan Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Gurganwan is a medium size village located in Dhaka Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 337 families residing. The Gurganwan village has population of 1482 of which 788 are males while 694 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurganwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 16.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurganwan village is 881 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurganwan as per census is 734, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gurganwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurganwan village was 61.24 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gurganwan Male literacy stands at 68.57 % while female literacy rate was 53.21 %.

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

Gurganwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,482 788 694
Child (0-6) 241 139 102
Schedule Caste 254 136 118
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 61.24 % 68.57 % 53.21 %
Total Workers 402 348 54
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 122 96 26

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.14 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.13 % of total population in Gurganwan village.

Work Profile

In Gurganwan village out of total population, 402 were engaged in work activities. 69.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 402 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 121 were Agricultural labourer.