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Gaukhana Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Gaukhana is a medium size village located in Lalgola Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 241 families residing. The Gaukhana village has population of 1172 of which 592 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaukhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 16.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaukhana village is 980 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaukhana as per census is 1195, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gaukhana village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaukhana village was 61.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gaukhana Male literacy stands at 61.39 % while female literacy rate was 61.13 %.

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

Gaukhana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,172 592 580
Child (0-6) 191 87 104
Schedule Caste 69 33 36
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.26 % 61.39 % 61.13 %
Total Workers 686 398 288
Main Worker 423 - -
Marginal Worker 263 114 149

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.89 % of total population in Gaukhana village. The village Gaukhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaukhana village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 61.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.