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Ghoskodih Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Ghoskodih is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 83 families residing. The Ghoskodih village has population of 489 of which 263 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghoskodih village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 14.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghoskodih village is 859 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghoskodih as per census is 591, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghoskodih village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghoskodih village was 74.70 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghoskodih Male literacy stands at 96.35 % while female literacy rate was 51.00 %.

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

Ghoskodih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 489 263 226
Child (0-6) 70 44 26
Schedule Caste 167 94 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.70 % 96.35 % 51.00 %
Total Workers 136 134 2
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 105 104 1

Caste Factor

Ghoskodih village of Giridih has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.15 % of total population in Ghoskodih village. The village Ghoskodih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghoskodih village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 22.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.