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Ganke Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Ganke is a medium size village located in Medininagar(Daltonganj) Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 120 families residing. The Ganke village has population of 593 of which 300 are males while 293 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ganke village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 22.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ganke village is 977 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ganke as per census is 763, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ganke village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ganke village was 61.66 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ganke Male literacy stands at 73.21 % while female literacy rate was 50.64 %.

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

Ganke Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 120 - -
Population 593 300 293
Child (0-6) 134 76 58
Schedule Caste 23 12 11
Schedule Tribe 509 255 254
Literacy 61.66 % 73.21 % 50.64 %
Total Workers 260 133 127
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 250 125 125

Caste Factor

In Ganke village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 85.83 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.88 % of total population in Ganke village.

Work Profile

In Ganke village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 3.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.