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Gurgawn Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Gurgawn is a medium size village located in Majhgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 303 families residing. The Gurgawn village has population of 1447 of which 724 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurgawn village population of children with age 0-6 is 208 which makes up 14.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurgawn village is 999 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurgawn as per census is 944, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gurgawn village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurgawn village was 56.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gurgawn Male literacy stands at 66.61 % while female literacy rate was 47.43 %.

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

Gurgawn Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 303 - -
Population 1,447 724 723
Child (0-6) 208 107 101
Schedule Caste 448 227 221
Schedule Tribe 652 320 332
Literacy 56.98 % 66.61 % 47.43 %
Total Workers 685 442 243
Main Worker 313 - -
Marginal Worker 372 259 113

Caste Factor

In Gurgawn village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.06 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 30.96 % of total population in Gurgawn village.

Work Profile

In Gurgawn village out of total population, 685 were engaged in work activities. 45.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 685 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.