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Gochhra Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Gochhra is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 330 families residing. The Gochhra village has population of 1643 of which 867 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gochhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 16.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gochhra village is 895 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gochhra as per census is 971, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gochhra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gochhra village was 22.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gochhra Male literacy stands at 26.00 % while female literacy rate was 19.06 %.

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

Gochhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 330 - -
Population 1,643 867 776
Child (0-6) 276 140 136
Schedule Caste 90 42 48
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 22.75 % 26.00 % 19.06 %
Total Workers 481 437 44
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 60 35 25

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.48 % of total population in Gochhra village. The village Gochhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gochhra village out of total population, 481 were engaged in work activities. 87.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 481 workers engaged in Main Work, 95 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 178 were Agricultural labourer.