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Gorgawan Population - Banka, Bihar

Gorgawan is a large village located in Amarpur Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 603 families residing. The Gorgawan village has population of 3562 of which 1906 are males while 1656 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 653 which makes up 18.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorgawan village is 869 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorgawan as per census is 855, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gorgawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorgawan village was 66.41 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gorgawan Male literacy stands at 74.52 % while female literacy rate was 57.12 %.

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 603 - -
Population 3,562 1,906 1,656
Child (0-6) 653 352 301
Schedule Caste 814 428 386
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.41 % 74.52 % 57.12 %
Total Workers 1,126 840 286
Main Worker 489 - -
Marginal Worker 637 405 232

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.85 % of total population in Gorgawan village. The village Gorgawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorgawan village out of total population, 1126 were engaged in work activities. 43.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1126 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 377 were Agricultural labourer.