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Gamharia Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gamharia is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 216 families residing. The Gamharia village has population of 1117 of which 599 are males while 518 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 16.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamharia village is 865 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamharia as per census is 1165, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamharia village was 53.05 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamharia Male literacy stands at 67.32 % while female literacy rate was 35.56 %.

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

Gamharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,117 599 518
Child (0-6) 184 85 99
Schedule Caste 124 62 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.05 % 67.32 % 35.56 %
Total Workers 483 278 205
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 449 256 193

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.10 % of total population in Gamharia village. The village Gamharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gamharia village out of total population, 483 were engaged in work activities. 7.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 483 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.