Goraya is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Goraya city is divided into 13 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Goraya Nagar Panchayat has population of 16,462 of which 8,657 are males while 7,805 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1716 which is 10.42 % of total population of Goraya (NP). In Goraya Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 902 against state average of 895. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Goraya is around 882 compared to Punjab state average of 846. Literacy rate of Goraya city is 84.01 % higher than state average of 75.84 %. In Goraya, Male literacy is around 86.37 % while female literacy rate is 81.40 %.
Goraya Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 3,590 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Goraya 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Goraya Nagar Panchayat in 2024 is approximately
23,200.
The schedule census of 2021 for Goraya city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Goraya city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Goraya town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Goraya Caste Factor
Goraya (NP) of Jalandhar has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.55 % of total population in Goraya (NP).
The (NP) Goraya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Goraya Work Profile
Out of total population, 5,899 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 5,031 were males while 868 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 5899 working population, 96.00 % were engaged in Main Work while 4.00 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.