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Gorkel Population - Kalahandi, Orissa

Gorkel is a medium size village located in Narala Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 122 families residing. The Gorkel village has population of 432 of which 216 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorkel village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 10.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorkel village is 1000 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorkel as per census is 630, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Gorkel village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorkel village was 60.31 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gorkel Male literacy stands at 73.54 % while female literacy rate was 47.74 %.

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

Gorkel Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 432 216 216
Child (0-6) 44 27 17
Schedule Caste 36 20 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.31 % 73.54 % 47.74 %
Total Workers 179 107 72
Main Worker 27 - -
Marginal Worker 152 91 61

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.33 % of total population in Gorkel village. The village Gorkel currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorkel village out of total population, 179 were engaged in work activities. 15.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 179 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.