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Ghagra Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Ghagra is a medium size village located in Bengabad Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 209 families residing. The Ghagra village has population of 1157 of which 608 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 19.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagra village is 903 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagra as per census is 1018, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghagra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagra village was 56.61 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghagra Male literacy stands at 73.39 % while female literacy rate was 37.47 %.

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

Ghagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,157 608 549
Child (0-6) 226 112 114
Schedule Caste 319 161 158
Schedule Tribe 4 3 1
Literacy 56.61 % 73.39 % 37.47 %
Total Workers 571 330 241
Main Worker 373 - -
Marginal Worker 198 99 99

Caste Factor

Ghagra village of Giridih has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.35 % of total population in Ghagra village.

Work Profile

In Ghagra village out of total population, 571 were engaged in work activities. 65.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 571 workers engaged in Main Work, 343 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.