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Gahekhanda Population - Baksa, Assam

Gahekhanda is a medium size village located in Barnagar Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 271 families residing. The Gahekhanda village has population of 1313 of which 666 are males while 647 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahekhanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahekhanda village is 971 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahekhanda as per census is 855, lower than Assam average of 962.

Gahekhanda village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahekhanda village was 76.70 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Gahekhanda Male literacy stands at 83.19 % while female literacy rate was 70.14 %.

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

Gahekhanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,313 666 647
Child (0-6) 154 83 71
Schedule Caste 16 8 8
Schedule Tribe 554 294 260
Literacy 76.70 % 83.19 % 70.14 %
Total Workers 439 346 93
Main Worker 351 - -
Marginal Worker 88 42 46

Caste Factor

In Gahekhanda village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.19 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.22 % of total population in Gahekhanda village.

Work Profile

In Gahekhanda village out of total population, 439 were engaged in work activities. 79.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 439 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.