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Gahana Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Gahana is a medium size village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 187 families residing. The Gahana village has population of 1437 of which 726 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahana village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 12.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahana village is 979 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahana as per census is 1057, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gahana village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahana village was 71.26 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gahana Male literacy stands at 84.48 % while female literacy rate was 57.61 %.

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

Gahana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 187 - -
Population 1,437 726 711
Child (0-6) 181 88 93
Schedule Caste 267 148 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.26 % 84.48 % 57.61 %
Total Workers 294 174 120
Main Worker 184 - -
Marginal Worker 110 59 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.58 % of total population in Gahana village. The village Gahana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahana village out of total population, 294 were engaged in work activities. 62.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 294 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.