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Gajkunda Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Gajkunda is a large village located in Gande Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 277 families residing. The Gajkunda village has population of 2090 of which 1093 are males while 997 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajkunda village population of children with age 0-6 is 546 which makes up 26.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajkunda village is 912 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajkunda as per census is 950, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gajkunda village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajkunda village was 57.06 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gajkunda Male literacy stands at 69.13 % while female literacy rate was 43.64 %.

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

Gajkunda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 2,090 1,093 997
Child (0-6) 546 280 266
Schedule Caste 48 23 25
Schedule Tribe 20 8 12
Literacy 57.06 % 69.13 % 43.64 %
Total Workers 883 462 421
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 668 299 369

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.96 % of total population in Gajkunda village.

Work Profile

In Gajkunda village out of total population, 883 were engaged in work activities. 24.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 883 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.