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Gathgaon Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Gathgaon is a medium size village located in Mahuadanr Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 255 families residing. The Gathgaon village has population of 1465 of which 777 are males while 688 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gathgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 14.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gathgaon village is 885 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gathgaon as per census is 855, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gathgaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gathgaon village was 69.31 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gathgaon Male literacy stands at 79.24 % while female literacy rate was 58.16 %.

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

Gathgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 255 - -
Population 1,465 777 688
Child (0-6) 217 117 100
Schedule Caste 49 24 25
Schedule Tribe 1,032 555 477
Literacy 69.31 % 79.24 % 58.16 %
Total Workers 711 360 351
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 323 118 205

Caste Factor

In Gathgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.34 % of total population in Gathgaon village.

Work Profile

In Gathgaon village out of total population, 711 were engaged in work activities. 54.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 711 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.