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Ghurkawa Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Ghurkawa is a medium size village located in Harraiya Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 112 families residing. The Ghurkawa village has population of 727 of which 380 are males while 347 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurkawa village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurkawa village is 913 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurkawa as per census is 820, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Ghurkawa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurkawa village was 65.09 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Ghurkawa Male literacy stands at 74.55 % while female literacy rate was 54.90 %.

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

Ghurkawa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 112 - -
Population 727 380 347
Child (0-6) 91 50 41
Schedule Caste 167 88 79
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.09 % 74.55 % 54.90 %
Total Workers 337 202 135
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 166 41 125

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.97 % of total population in Ghurkawa village. The village Ghurkawa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurkawa village out of total population, 337 were engaged in work activities. 50.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 337 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.