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Gochha Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gochha is a medium size village located in SURADA Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 439 families residing. The Gochha village has population of 1832 of which 944 are males while 888 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gochha village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 12.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gochha village is 941 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gochha as per census is 975, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gochha village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gochha village was 73.42 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gochha Male literacy stands at 82.81 % while female literacy rate was 63.39 %.

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

Gochha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 439 - -
Population 1,832 944 888
Child (0-6) 233 118 115
Schedule Caste 781 406 375
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.42 % 82.81 % 63.39 %
Total Workers 942 570 372
Main Worker 593 - -
Marginal Worker 349 113 236

Caste Factor

In Gochha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.63 % of total population in Gochha village. The village Gochha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gochha village out of total population, 942 were engaged in work activities. 62.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 942 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 247 were Agricultural labourer.