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Gorgawan Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Gorgawan is a medium size village located in Bashant Rai* Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 139 families residing. The Gorgawan village has population of 697 of which 381 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 22.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorgawan village is 829 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorgawan as per census is 688, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gorgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorgawan village was 35.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gorgawan Male literacy stands at 43.75 % while female literacy rate was 26.19 %.

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

Gorgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 697 381 316
Child (0-6) 157 93 64
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 35.56 % 43.75 % 26.19 %
Total Workers 385 212 173
Main Worker 175 - -
Marginal Worker 210 54 156

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gorgawan village of Godda district.

Work Profile

In Gorgawan village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 45.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.