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Gochan Population - Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir

Gochan is a medium size village located in Dooru Tehsil of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 123 families residing. The Gochan village has population of 1120 of which 652 are males while 468 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gochan village population of children with age 0-6 is 272 which makes up 24.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gochan village is 718 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gochan as per census is 985, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gochan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gochan village was 52.59 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gochan Male literacy stands at 56.70 % while female literacy rate was 46.25 %.

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

Gochan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 1,120 652 468
Child (0-6) 272 137 135
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 4 4 0
Literacy 52.59 % 56.70 % 46.25 %
Total Workers 325 217 108
Main Worker 103 - -
Marginal Worker 222 121 101

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.36 % of total population in Gochan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gochan village of Anantnag.

Work Profile

In Gochan village out of total population, 325 were engaged in work activities. 31.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 325 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.