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Gochgiri Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gochgiri is a medium size village located in Binpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 66 families residing. The Gochgiri village has population of 338 of which 181 are males while 157 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gochgiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 14.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gochgiri village is 867 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gochgiri as per census is 724, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gochgiri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gochgiri village was 53.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gochgiri Male literacy stands at 62.50 % while female literacy rate was 42.65 %.

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

Gochgiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 338 181 157
Child (0-6) 50 29 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 337 181 156
Literacy 53.13 % 62.50 % 42.65 %
Total Workers 129 105 24
Main Worker 9 - -
Marginal Worker 120 96 24

Caste Factor

In Gochgiri village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.70 % of total population in Gochgiri village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gochgiri village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Gochgiri village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 6.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.