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Gorakhpura Population - Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh

Gorakhpura is a large village located in Ghuwara Tehsil of Chhattarpur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 419 families residing. The Gorakhpura village has population of 2239 of which 1240 are males while 999 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorakhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 387 which makes up 17.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorakhpura village is 806 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorakhpura as per census is 955, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gorakhpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorakhpura village was 47.35 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gorakhpura Male literacy stands at 55.09 % while female literacy rate was 37.41 %.

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

Gorakhpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 419 - -
Population 2,239 1,240 999
Child (0-6) 387 198 189
Schedule Caste 689 386 303
Schedule Tribe 562 311 251
Literacy 47.35 % 55.09 % 37.41 %
Total Workers 1,083 616 467
Main Worker 934 - -
Marginal Worker 149 18 131

Caste Factor

In Gorakhpura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.77 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 25.10 % of total population in Gorakhpura village.

Work Profile

In Gorakhpura village out of total population, 1083 were engaged in work activities. 86.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1083 workers engaged in Main Work, 236 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 474 were Agricultural labourer.