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Gajgaon Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Gajgaon is a medium size village located in Murhu Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 199 families residing. The Gajgaon village has population of 1194 of which 606 are males while 588 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 13.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajgaon village is 970 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajgaon as per census is 1211, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gajgaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajgaon village was 79.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gajgaon Male literacy stands at 85.23 % while female literacy rate was 73.51 %.

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

Gajgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 1,194 606 588
Child (0-6) 157 71 86
Schedule Caste 8 3 5
Schedule Tribe 1,089 548 541
Literacy 79.56 % 85.23 % 73.51 %
Total Workers 628 370 258
Main Worker 208 - -
Marginal Worker 420 214 206

Caste Factor

In Gajgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.21 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.67 % of total population in Gajgaon village.

Work Profile

In Gajgaon village out of total population, 628 were engaged in work activities. 33.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 628 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.