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Maharja Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Maharja is a medium size village located in Nilambar-Pitambarpur(Lesliganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 71 families residing. The Maharja village has population of 423 of which 229 are males while 194 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maharja village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 13.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maharja village is 847 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maharja as per census is 568, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maharja village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maharja village was 81.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maharja Male literacy stands at 91.15 % while female literacy rate was 70.52 %.

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

Maharja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 423 229 194
Child (0-6) 58 37 21
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.37 % 91.15 % 70.52 %
Total Workers 237 121 116
Main Worker 2 - -
Marginal Worker 235 119 116

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Maharja village of Palamu district.

Work Profile

In Maharja village out of total population, 237 were engaged in work activities. 0.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 237 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.