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Gurgawan Population - Banka, Bihar

Gurgawan is a medium size village located in Phulidumar Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 275 families residing. The Gurgawan village has population of 1355 of which 670 are males while 685 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 285 which makes up 21.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurgawan village is 1022 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurgawan as per census is 1415, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gurgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurgawan village was 45.14 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gurgawan Male literacy stands at 54.71 % while female literacy rate was 34.94 %.

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

Gurgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,355 670 685
Child (0-6) 285 118 167
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 388 184 204
Literacy 45.14 % 54.71 % 34.94 %
Total Workers 443 309 134
Main Worker 190 - -
Marginal Worker 253 128 125

Caste Factor

Gurgawan village of Banka has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 28.63 % of total population in Gurgawan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gurgawan village of Banka.

Work Profile

In Gurgawan village out of total population, 443 were engaged in work activities. 42.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 443 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 53 were Agricultural labourer.