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Gorah Patan Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Gorah Patan is a medium size village located in Jammu Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 221 families residing. The Gorah Patan village has population of 1054 of which 572 are males while 482 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorah Patan village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorah Patan village is 843 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorah Patan as per census is 545, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Gorah Patan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorah Patan village was 80.94 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Gorah Patan Male literacy stands at 89.46 % while female literacy rate was 71.43 %.

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

Gorah Patan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 1,054 572 482
Child (0-6) 136 88 48
Schedule Caste 546 303 243
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.94 % 89.46 % 71.43 %
Total Workers 608 312 296
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 307 20 287

Caste Factor

In Gorah Patan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.80 % of total population in Gorah Patan village. The village Gorah Patan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorah Patan village out of total population, 608 were engaged in work activities. 49.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 608 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.