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Gowagaon Population - Katihar, Bihar

Gowagaon is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 238 families residing. The Gowagaon village has population of 1272 of which 661 are males while 611 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowagaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 289 which makes up 22.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowagaon village is 924 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowagaon as per census is 773, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gowagaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowagaon village was 37.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gowagaon Male literacy stands at 47.79 % while female literacy rate was 26.19 %.

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

Gowagaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,272 661 611
Child (0-6) 289 163 126
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.13 % 47.79 % 26.19 %
Total Workers 385 285 100
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 238 144 94

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gowagaon village of Katihar district.

Work Profile

In Gowagaon village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 38.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.