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Gokhara Population - Puri, Orissa

Gokhara is a medium size village located in Brahmagiri Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 132 families residing. The Gokhara village has population of 611 of which 312 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gokhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 8.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gokhara village is 958 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gokhara as per census is 1040, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gokhara village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokhara village was 84.46 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gokhara Male literacy stands at 91.64 % while female literacy rate was 76.92 %.

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

Gokhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 611 312 299
Child (0-6) 51 25 26
Schedule Caste 137 67 70
Schedule Tribe 10 5 5
Literacy 84.46 % 91.64 % 76.92 %
Total Workers 359 213 146
Main Worker 193 - -
Marginal Worker 166 52 114

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.42 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.64 % of total population in Gokhara village.

Work Profile

In Gokhara village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 53.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.