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Gamhetha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gamhetha is a medium size village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 194 families residing. The Gamhetha village has population of 1195 of which 609 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamhetha village population of children with age 0-6 is 238 which makes up 19.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamhetha village is 962 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamhetha as per census is 1052, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamhetha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamhetha village was 68.44 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamhetha Male literacy stands at 79.51 % while female literacy rate was 56.68 %.

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

Gamhetha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 194 - -
Population 1,195 609 586
Child (0-6) 238 116 122
Schedule Caste 16 9 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.44 % 79.51 % 56.68 %
Total Workers 500 276 224
Main Worker 176 - -
Marginal Worker 324 114 210

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.34 % of total population in Gamhetha village. The village Gamhetha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gamhetha village out of total population, 500 were engaged in work activities. 35.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 500 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.