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Gorakhapur Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Gorakhapur is a medium size village located in Tikiri Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 269 families residing. The Gorakhapur village has population of 1339 of which 734 are males while 605 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorakhapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 9.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorakhapur village is 824 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorakhapur as per census is 1065, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Gorakhapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorakhapur village was 71.18 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Gorakhapur Male literacy stands at 82.74 % while female literacy rate was 56.77 %.

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

Gorakhapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 269 - -
Population 1,339 734 605
Child (0-6) 128 62 66
Schedule Caste 433 219 214
Schedule Tribe 637 377 260
Literacy 71.18 % 82.74 % 56.77 %
Total Workers 330 245 85
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 139 78 61

Caste Factor

In Gorakhapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.57 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 32.34 % of total population in Gorakhapur village.

Work Profile

In Gorakhapur village out of total population, 330 were engaged in work activities. 57.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 330 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.