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Jharha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Jharha is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 239 families residing. The Jharha village has population of 1398 of which 730 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharha village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 18.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharha village is 915 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharha as per census is 804, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jharha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharha village was 67.19 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jharha Male literacy stands at 77.51 % while female literacy rate was 56.24 %.

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

Jharha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,398 730 668
Child (0-6) 258 143 115
Schedule Caste 705 362 343
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.19 % 77.51 % 56.24 %
Total Workers 394 314 80
Main Worker 184 - -
Marginal Worker 210 142 68

Caste Factor

In Jharha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.43 % of total population in Jharha village. The village Jharha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharha village out of total population, 394 were engaged in work activities. 46.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 394 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.