Gorahar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Gorahar is a medium size village located in Khejuri - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 158 families residing. The Gorahar village has population of 848 of which 429 are males while 419 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorahar village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorahar as per census is 893, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gorahar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorahar village was 87.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gorahar Male literacy stands at 91.42 % while female literacy rate was 82.93 %.

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

Gorahar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	158	-	-
Population	848	429	419
Child (0-6)	106	56	50
Schedule Caste	775	391	384
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.20 %	91.42 %	82.93 %
Total Workers	260	235	25
Main Worker	222	-	-
Marginal Worker	38	24	14

Caste Factor

In Gorahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.39 % of total population in Gorahar village. The village Gorahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorahar village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 85.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.