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Gohalara Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Gohalara is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 64 families residing. The Gohalara village has population of 299 of which 144 are males while 155 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gohalara village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 11.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gohalara village is 1076 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gohalara as per census is 2500, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Gohalara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gohalara village was 64.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gohalara Male literacy stands at 74.63 % while female literacy rate was 53.85 %.

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

Gohalara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 299 144 155
Child (0-6) 35 10 25
Schedule Caste 4 0 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.39 % 74.63 % 53.85 %
Total Workers 186 100 86
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 112 33 79

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.34 % of total population in Gohalara village. The village Gohalara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gohalara village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 39.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.