Gorok Population - East Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Gorok is a medium size village located in Kharkutta Block of East Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 56 families residing. The Gorok village has population of 299 of which 146 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorok village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 12.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorok village is 1048 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorok as per census is 1118, higher than Meghalaya average of 970.

Gorok village has higher literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorok village was 80.61 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Gorok Male literacy stands at 83.72 % while female literacy rate was 77.61 %.

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

Gorok Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	56	-	-
Population	299	146	153
Child (0-6)	36	17	19
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	292	143	149
Literacy	80.61 %	83.72 %	77.61 %
Total Workers	200	102	98
Main Worker	129	-	-
Marginal Worker	71	34	37

Caste Factor

In Gorok village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.66 % of total population in Gorok village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gorok village of East Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Gorok village out of total population, 200 were engaged in work activities. 64.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.