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Gokarnapur Population - Ganjam, Orissa

Gokarnapur is a large village located in DIGAPAHANDI Block of Ganjam district, Orissa with total 779 families residing. The Gokarnapur village has population of 3403 of which 1638 are males while 1765 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokarnapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 437 which makes up 12.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokarnapur village is 1078 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokarnapur as per census is 1014, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gokarnapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokarnapur village was 57.28 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gokarnapur Male literacy stands at 69.81 % while female literacy rate was 45.76 %.

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

Gokarnapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 779 - -
Population 3,403 1,638 1,765
Child (0-6) 437 217 220
Schedule Caste 436 224 212
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.28 % 69.81 % 45.76 %
Total Workers 1,467 821 646
Main Worker 871 - -
Marginal Worker 596 243 353

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.81 % of total population in Gokarnapur village. The village Gokarnapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gokarnapur village out of total population, 1467 were engaged in work activities. 59.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1467 workers engaged in Main Work, 260 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 317 were Agricultural labourer.