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Gosan Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Gosan is a medium size village located in Bhabhar Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 280 families residing. The Gosan village has population of 1487 of which 776 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gosan village population of children with age 0-6 is 243 which makes up 16.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gosan village is 916 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Gosan as per census is 913, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Gosan village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Gosan village was 56.43 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Gosan Male literacy stands at 65.64 % while female literacy rate was 46.39 %.

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

Gosan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,487 776 711
Child (0-6) 243 127 116
Schedule Caste 114 58 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.43 % 65.64 % 46.39 %
Total Workers 832 431 401
Main Worker 724 - -
Marginal Worker 108 21 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.67 % of total population in Gosan village. The village Gosan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gosan village out of total population, 832 were engaged in work activities. 87.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 832 workers engaged in Main Work, 433 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.