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Gorgawan Population - Banka, Bihar

Gorgawan is a medium size village located in Belhar Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 277 families residing. The Gorgawan village has population of 1350 of which 699 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 241 which makes up 17.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorgawan village is 931 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorgawan as per census is 1008, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gorgawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorgawan village was 71.15 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gorgawan Male literacy stands at 81.00 % while female literacy rate was 60.38 %.

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 277 - -
Population 1,350 699 651
Child (0-6) 241 120 121
Schedule Caste 374 190 184
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.15 % 81.00 % 60.38 %
Total Workers 641 362 279
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 442 173 269

Caste Factor

Gorgawan village of Banka has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.70 % 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, 641 were engaged in work activities. 31.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 98 were Agricultural labourer.