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Gohaldang Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gohaldang is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 207 families residing. The Gohaldang village has population of 1160 of which 580 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gohaldang village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 13.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gohaldang village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gohaldang as per census is 938, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gohaldang village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gohaldang village was 40.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gohaldang Male literacy stands at 51.70 % while female literacy rate was 29.76 %.

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

Gohaldang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,160 580 580
Child (0-6) 157 81 76
Schedule Caste 102 54 48
Schedule Tribe 1,033 514 519
Literacy 40.68 % 51.70 % 29.76 %
Total Workers 660 342 318
Main Worker 399 - -
Marginal Worker 261 88 173

Caste Factor

In Gohaldang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.05 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.79 % of total population in Gohaldang village.

Work Profile

In Gohaldang village out of total population, 660 were engaged in work activities. 60.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 660 workers engaged in Main Work, 203 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.