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Gotgawan Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Gotgawan is a medium size village located in Pratappur Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 292 families residing. The Gotgawan village has population of 1350 of which 672 are males while 678 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gotgawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 19.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gotgawan village is 1009 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gotgawan as per census is 1008, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gotgawan village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gotgawan village was 48.12 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gotgawan Male literacy stands at 56.09 % while female literacy rate was 40.22 %.

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

Gotgawan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,350 672 678
Child (0-6) 261 130 131
Schedule Caste 1 1 0
Schedule Tribe 1,311 652 659
Literacy 48.12 % 56.09 % 40.22 %
Total Workers 421 382 39
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 95 71 24

Caste Factor

In Gotgawan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.11 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.07 % of total population in Gotgawan village.

Work Profile

In Gotgawan village out of total population, 421 were engaged in work activities. 77.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 421 workers engaged in Main Work, 259 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.