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Orkhar Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Orkhar is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 202 families residing. The Orkhar village has population of 1574 of which 821 are males while 753 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Orkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 237 which makes up 15.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Orkhar village is 917 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Orkhar as per census is 1026, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Orkhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Orkhar village was 69.26 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Orkhar Male literacy stands at 86.51 % while female literacy rate was 50.08 %.

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

Orkhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 202 - -
Population 1,574 821 753
Child (0-6) 237 117 120
Schedule Caste 253 128 125
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.26 % 86.51 % 50.08 %
Total Workers 610 391 219
Main Worker 351 - -
Marginal Worker 259 57 202

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.07 % of total population in Orkhar village. The village Orkhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Orkhar village out of total population, 610 were engaged in work activities. 57.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 610 workers engaged in Main Work, 310 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.