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Gokulnagar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gokulnagar is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 47 families residing. The Gokulnagar village has population of 257 of which 132 are males while 125 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokulnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 41 which makes up 15.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokulnagar village is 947 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokulnagar as per census is 708, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gokulnagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokulnagar village was 61.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gokulnagar Male literacy stands at 71.30 % while female literacy rate was 51.85 %.

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

Gokulnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 47 - -
Population 257 132 125
Child (0-6) 41 24 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 256 132 124
Literacy 61.57 % 71.30 % 51.85 %
Total Workers 156 82 74
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 124 50 74

Caste Factor

In Gokulnagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.61 % of total population in Gokulnagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gokulnagar village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Gokulnagar village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 20.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.