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Garu Population - Latehar, Jharkhand

Garu is a medium size village located in Garu Block of Latehar district, Jharkhand with total 77 families residing. The Garu village has population of 362 of which 192 are males while 170 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garu village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 17.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garu village is 885 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Garu as per census is 561, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Garu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Garu village was 70.47 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Garu Male literacy stands at 80.79 % while female literacy rate was 59.86 %.

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

Garu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 362 192 170
Child (0-6) 64 41 23
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 242 126 116
Literacy 70.47 % 80.79 % 59.86 %
Total Workers 143 87 56
Main Worker 134 - -
Marginal Worker 9 2 7

Caste Factor

In Garu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 66.85 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.55 % of total population in Garu village.

Work Profile

In Garu village out of total population, 143 were engaged in work activities. 93.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 143 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.