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Gokarna Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Gokarna is a medium size village located in Purbasthali - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 208 families residing. The Gokarna village has population of 1008 of which 526 are males while 482 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokarna village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokarna village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokarna as per census is 1264, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gokarna village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokarna village was 80.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gokarna Male literacy stands at 87.32 % while female literacy rate was 73.49 %.

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

Gokarna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 1,008 526 482
Child (0-6) 120 53 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.86 % 87.32 % 73.49 %
Total Workers 356 333 23
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 79 69 10

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gokarna village of Barddhaman district.

Work Profile

In Gokarna village out of total population, 356 were engaged in work activities. 77.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 356 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 143 were Agricultural labourer.