Gorala Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Gorala is a medium size village located in Sainthia Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 167 families residing. The Gorala village has population of 676 of which 358 are males while 318 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorala village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 12.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorala village is 888 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorala as per census is 977, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gorala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorala village was 58.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gorala Male literacy stands at 70.38 % while female literacy rate was 45.82 %.

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

Gorala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	167	-	-
Population	676	358	318
Child (0-6)	87	44	43
Schedule Caste	557	300	257
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	58.91 %	70.38 %	45.82 %
Total Workers	333	211	122
Main Worker	59	-	-
Marginal Worker	274	157	117

Caste Factor

In Gorala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.40 % of total population in Gorala village. The village Gorala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorala village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 17.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.