Gorsai Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Gorsai is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 63 families residing. The Gorsai village has population of 364 of which 181 are males while 183 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorsai village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 10.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorsai village is 1011 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorsai as per census is 1643, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gorsai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorsai village was 63.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gorsai Male literacy stands at 74.25 % while female literacy rate was 53.13 %.

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

Gorsai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	63	-	-
Population	364	181	183
Child (0-6)	37	14	23
Schedule Caste	150	72	78
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.91 %	74.25 %	53.13 %
Total Workers	144	104	40
Main Worker	81	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	32	31

Caste Factor

In Gorsai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.21 % of total population in Gorsai village. The village Gorsai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorsai village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 56.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.