Gahira Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Gahira is a medium size village located in Gobindpur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 128 families residing. The Gahira village has population of 646 of which 340 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahira village population of children with age 0-6 is 103 which makes up 15.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahira village is 900 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahira as per census is 689, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gahira village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahira village was 58.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gahira Male literacy stands at 70.25 % while female literacy rate was 46.97 %.

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

Gahira Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	128	-	-
Population	646	340	306
Child (0-6)	103	61	42
Schedule Caste	252	131	121
Schedule Tribe	230	117	113
Literacy	58.93 %	70.25 %	46.97 %
Total Workers	254	163	91
Main Worker	152	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	44	58

Caste Factor

In Gahira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 35.60 % of total population in Gahira village.

Work Profile

In Gahira village out of total population, 254 were engaged in work activities. 59.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 254 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.