Gokarna i, Harirampur, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Overview :
Gokarna is small village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 230 families residing. The Gokarna village has population of 931 of which 470 are males while 461 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Gokarna village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 13.43 % of total population of village. Average S*x Ratio of Gok

arna village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child S*x Ratio for the Gokarna as per census is 953, lower than West Bengal average of 956. Gokarna village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gokarna village was 69.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gokarna Male literacy stands at 76.60 % while female literacy rate was 62.00 %. As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gokarna village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Caste Factor :
There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Gokarna village of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Work Profile :
In Gokarna village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 87.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.