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Paharpur Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Paharpur is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 238 families residing. The Paharpur village has population of 1665 of which 830 are males while 835 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 16.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharpur village is 1006 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharpur as per census is 875, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Paharpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharpur village was 65.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Paharpur Male literacy stands at 79.45 % while female literacy rate was 51.34 %.

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

Paharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,665 830 835
Child (0-6) 270 144 126
Schedule Caste 834 418 416
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.16 % 79.45 % 51.34 %
Total Workers 748 416 332
Main Worker 456 - -
Marginal Worker 292 104 188

Caste Factor

In Paharpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.09 % of total population in Paharpur village. The village Paharpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paharpur village out of total population, 748 were engaged in work activities. 60.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 748 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 252 were Agricultural labourer.