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Gehoon Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Gehoon is a medium size village located in Barmer Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 280 families residing. The Gehoon village has population of 1572 of which 833 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehoon village population of children with age 0-6 is 306 which makes up 19.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehoon village is 887 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehoon as per census is 759, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Gehoon village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehoon village was 51.34 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Gehoon Male literacy stands at 66.92 % while female literacy rate was 34.43 %.

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

Gehoon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,572 833 739
Child (0-6) 306 174 132
Schedule Caste 300 163 137
Schedule Tribe 373 204 169
Literacy 51.34 % 66.92 % 34.43 %
Total Workers 584 370 214
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 379 182 197

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 23.73 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 19.08 % of total population in Gehoon village.

Work Profile

In Gehoon village out of total population, 584 were engaged in work activities. 35.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 584 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.