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Gokulnagar Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gokulnagar is a medium size village located in Daspur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 281 families residing. The Gokulnagar village has population of 1138 of which 610 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokulnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 8.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokulnagar village is 866 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokulnagar as per census is 695, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gokulnagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokulnagar village was 86.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gokulnagar Male literacy stands at 92.20 % while female literacy rate was 79.47 %.

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

Gokulnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,138 610 528
Child (0-6) 100 59 41
Schedule Caste 59 33 26
Schedule Tribe 19 9 10
Literacy 86.22 % 92.20 % 79.47 %
Total Workers 600 403 197
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 140 27 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.67 % of total population in Gokulnagar village.

Work Profile

In Gokulnagar village out of total population, 600 were engaged in work activities. 76.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 600 workers engaged in Main Work, 224 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 102 were Agricultural labourer.