Gorkha Population - Raisen, Madhya Pradesh

Gorkha is a medium size village located in Begamganj Tehsil of Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh with total 109 families residing. The Gorkha village has population of 541 of which 291 are males while 250 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 16.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorkha village is 859 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorkha as per census is 872, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Gorkha village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorkha village was 67.33 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Gorkha Male literacy stands at 74.59 % while female literacy rate was 58.85 %.

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	109	-	-
Population	541	291	250
Child (0-6)	88	47	41
Schedule Caste	151	82	69
Schedule Tribe	283	150	133
Literacy	67.33 %	74.59 %	58.85 %
Total Workers	221	151	70
Main Worker	176	-	-
Marginal Worker	45	18	27

Caste Factor

In Gorkha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 52.31 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.91 % of total population in Gorkha village.

Work Profile

In Gorkha village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 79.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.