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Goharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Goharia is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 144 families residing. The Goharia village has population of 654 of which 338 are males while 316 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Goharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 9.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Goharia village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Goharia as per census is 686, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Goharia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Goharia village was 92.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Goharia Male literacy stands at 96.37 % while female literacy rate was 89.38 %.

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

Goharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 654 338 316
Child (0-6) 59 35 24
Schedule Caste 165 83 82
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.94 % 96.37 % 89.38 %
Total Workers 203 183 20
Main Worker 155 - -
Marginal Worker 48 37 11

Caste Factor

Goharia village of Paschim Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.23 % of total population in Goharia village. The village Goharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Goharia village out of total population, 203 were engaged in work activities. 76.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 203 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.