Gobra Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Gobra is a village situated in Ramnagar - I block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 547 families residing in the village Gobra. The total population of Gobra is 2,661 out of which 1,329 are males and 1,332 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gobra is 1,002.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gobra village is 288 which is 11% of the total population. There are 144 male children and 144 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gobra is 1,000 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,002) of Gobra village.

Population
2,661
Families
547
Literacy
89.89%
Sex Ratio
1,002

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gobra is 89.9%. Thus Gobra village has higher literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 95.86% and the female literacy rate is 83.92% in Gobra village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Gobra village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Gobra Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Gobra village.

Total Male Female
Children 288 144 144
Literacy 89.89% 95.86% 83.92%
Scheduled Caste 384 197 187
Scheduled Tribe 6 2 4
Illiterate 528 193 335

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.4% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.2% of total population in Gobra village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Gobra village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 73.1% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.9% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 215 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 581 531 50
Cultivators 215 206 9
Agriculture Labourer 66 59 7
Household Industries 10 10 0
Other Workers 290 256 34
Marginal Workers 214 197 17
Non Working 1,866 601 1,265

Nearby Villages to Gobra,

Below are the list of villages near Gobra village in Ramnagar - I.

Village Population
Gangpura 1,344
Basantapur 1,364
Kantabani 1,896
Ullaspur 909
Mangalpur 1,117
Paschimbar 949
Bagmari 1,271
Mahajan 1,136
Hirapur 1,514
Akna 674

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