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Gowahan Population - Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

Gowahan is a small village located in Bilaspur Sadar Tehsil of Bilaspur district, Himachal Pradesh with total 33 families residing. The Gowahan village has population of 136 of which 70 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowahan village population of children with age 0-6 is 9 which makes up 6.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowahan village is 943 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowahan as per census is 800, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gowahan village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowahan village was 90.55 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gowahan Male literacy stands at 98.46 % while female literacy rate was 82.26 %.

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

Gowahan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 33 - -
Population 136 70 66
Child (0-6) 9 5 4
Schedule Caste 15 8 7
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 90.55 % 98.46 % 82.26 %
Total Workers 59 40 19
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 36 19 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.03 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.74 % of total population in Gowahan village.

Work Profile

In Gowahan village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 38.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.