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Gourchak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gourchak is a medium size village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Gourchak village has population of 505 of which 276 are males while 229 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gourchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 10.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gourchak village is 830 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gourchak as per census is 700, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gourchak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gourchak village was 89.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gourchak Male literacy stands at 94.72 % while female literacy rate was 84.13 %.

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

Gourchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 505 276 229
Child (0-6) 51 30 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.87 % 94.72 % 84.13 %
Total Workers 295 161 134
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 254 120 134

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gourchak village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Gourchak village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 13.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.