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Gokunda Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Gokunda is a medium size village located in Dinhata - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 309 families residing. The Gokunda village has population of 1225 of which 613 are males while 612 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 13.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokunda village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokunda as per census is 1064, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gokunda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokunda village was 78.48 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gokunda Male literacy stands at 82.62 % while female literacy rate was 74.29 %.

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

Gokunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,225 613 612
Child (0-6) 161 78 83
Schedule Caste 252 127 125
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.48 % 82.62 % 74.29 %
Total Workers 412 364 48
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 26 22 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.57 % of total population in Gokunda village. The village Gokunda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gokunda village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 93.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 239 were Agricultural labourer.