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Khosokhar Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Khosokhar is a small village located in Bengabad Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 26 families residing. The Khosokhar village has population of 185 of which 96 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khosokhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 18.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khosokhar village is 927 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Khosokhar as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Khosokhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Khosokhar village was 62.91 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Khosokhar Male literacy stands at 78.48 % while female literacy rate was 45.83 %.

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

Khosokhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 185 96 89
Child (0-6) 34 17 17
Schedule Caste 150 80 70
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.91 % 78.48 % 45.83 %
Total Workers 119 62 57
Main Worker 29 - -
Marginal Worker 90 34 56

Caste Factor

In Khosokhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.08 % of total population in Khosokhar village. The village Khosokhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khosokhar village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 24.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.