Gochar Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Gochar is a medium size village located in Anandpur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 179 families residing. The Gochar village has population of 912 of which 468 are males while 444 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gochar village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 12.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gochar village is 949 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gochar as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gochar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gochar village was 75.69 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gochar Male literacy stands at 82.64 % while female literacy rate was 68.31 %.

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

Gochar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	179	-	-
Population	912	468	444
Child (0-6)	118	59	59
Schedule Caste	338	176	162
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.69 %	82.64 %	68.31 %
Total Workers	226	216	10
Main Worker	208	-	-
Marginal Worker	18	16	2

Caste Factor

In Gochar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.06 % of total population in Gochar village. The village Gochar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gochar village out of total population, 226 were engaged in work activities. 92.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.