Goraya Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Goraya is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 181 families residing. The Goraya village has population of 878 of which 461 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Goraya village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 10.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Goraya village is 905 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Goraya as per census is 745, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Goraya village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Goraya village was 82.00 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Goraya Male literacy stands at 84.63 % while female literacy rate was 79.16 %.

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

Goraya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	181	-	-
Population	878	461	417
Child (0-6)	89	51	38
Schedule Caste	360	189	171
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.00 %	84.63 %	79.16 %
Total Workers	570	289	281
Main Worker	496	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	40	34

Caste Factor

In Goraya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.00 % of total population in Goraya village. The village Goraya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Goraya village out of total population, 570 were engaged in work activities. 87.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 570 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.