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Gorakhpur Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Gorakhpur is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 229 families residing. The Gorakhpur village has population of 1085 of which 556 are males while 529 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorakhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorakhpur village is 951 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorakhpur as per census is 765, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gorakhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorakhpur village was 81.87 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gorakhpur Male literacy stands at 88.52 % while female literacy rate was 75.05 %.

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

Gorakhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,085 556 529
Child (0-6) 120 68 52
Schedule Caste 22 10 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.87 % 88.52 % 75.05 %
Total Workers 295 269 26
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 7 1 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.03 % of total population in Gorakhpur village. The village Gorakhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorakhpur village out of total population, 295 were engaged in work activities. 97.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 295 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.