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Okharsal Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Okharsal is a medium size village located in Jamua Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 231 families residing. The Okharsal village has population of 1640 of which 852 are males while 788 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Okharsal village population of children with age 0-6 is 344 which makes up 20.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Okharsal village is 925 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Okharsal as per census is 1012, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Okharsal village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Okharsal village was 55.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Okharsal Male literacy stands at 72.54 % while female literacy rate was 36.75 %.

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

Okharsal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,640 852 788
Child (0-6) 344 171 173
Schedule Caste 400 206 194
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.56 % 72.54 % 36.75 %
Total Workers 860 428 432
Main Worker 385 - -
Marginal Worker 475 122 353

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.39 % of total population in Okharsal village. The village Okharsal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Okharsal village out of total population, 860 were engaged in work activities. 44.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 860 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.