Gorakepu Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Gorakepu is a small village located in Barhait Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 37 families residing. The Gorakepu village has population of 199 of which 106 are males while 93 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorakepu village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 22.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorakepu village is 877 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorakepu as per census is 692, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gorakepu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorakepu village was 39.35 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gorakepu Male literacy stands at 51.25 % while female literacy rate was 26.67 %.

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

Gorakepu Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	37	-	-
Population	199	106	93
Child (0-6)	44	26	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	198	105	93
Literacy	39.35 %	51.25 %	26.67 %
Total Workers	67	40	27
Main Worker	43	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	7	17

Caste Factor

In Gorakepu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.50 % of total population in Gorakepu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gorakepu village of Sahibganj.

Work Profile

In Gorakepu village out of total population, 67 were engaged in work activities. 64.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 67 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.