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Gocharan Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Gocharan is a medium size village located in Baruipur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 281 families residing. The Gocharan village has population of 1147 of which 585 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gocharan village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 13.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gocharan village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gocharan as per census is 1113, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gocharan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gocharan village was 67.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gocharan Male literacy stands at 74.51 % while female literacy rate was 60.04 %.

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

Gocharan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,147 585 562
Child (0-6) 150 71 79
Schedule Caste 580 304 276
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.50 % 74.51 % 60.04 %
Total Workers 334 304 30
Main Worker 263 - -
Marginal Worker 71 65 6

Caste Factor

In Gocharan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.57 % of total population in Gocharan village. The village Gocharan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gocharan village out of total population, 334 were engaged in work activities. 78.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 334 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 74 were Agricultural labourer.