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Gorgawan Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Gorgawan is a large village located in Sugauli Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 446 families residing. The Gorgawan village has population of 2187 of which 1152 are males while 1035 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 504 which makes up 23.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorgawan village is 898 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorgawan as per census is 860, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gorgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorgawan village was 31.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gorgawan Male literacy stands at 41.32 % while female literacy rate was 21.32 %.

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

Gorgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 446 - -
Population 2,187 1,152 1,035
Child (0-6) 504 271 233
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 31.79 % 41.32 % 21.32 %
Total Workers 935 565 370
Main Worker 373 - -
Marginal Worker 562 259 303

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gorgawan village of Purbi Champaran district.

Work Profile

In Gorgawan village out of total population, 935 were engaged in work activities. 39.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 935 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 232 were Agricultural labourer.