Gorkha Population - Dantewada, Chhattisgarh

Gorkha is a medium size village located in Konta Tehsil of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh with total 128 families residing. The Gorkha village has population of 567 of which 331 are males while 236 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorkha village is 713 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorkha as per census is 722, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Gorkha village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorkha village was 29.70 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Gorkha Male literacy stands at 46.10 % while female literacy rate was 6.67 %.

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

Gorkha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	567	331	236
Child (0-6)	62	36	26
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	482	246	236
Literacy	29.70 %	46.10 %	6.67 %
Total Workers	372	226	146
Main Worker	295	-	-
Marginal Worker	77	20	57

Caste Factor

In Gorkha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.01 % of total population in Gorkha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gorkha village of Dantewada.

Work Profile

In Gorkha village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 79.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 210 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.