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Ghaghra Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Ghaghra is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 209 families residing. The Ghaghra village has population of 1026 of which 501 are males while 525 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghaghra village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 15.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghaghra village is 1048 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghaghra as per census is 1122, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghaghra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghaghra village was 41.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghaghra Male literacy stands at 54.80 % while female literacy rate was 28.05 %.

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

Ghaghra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,026 501 525
Child (0-6) 157 74 83
Schedule Caste 2 1 1
Schedule Tribe 969 470 499
Literacy 41.20 % 54.80 % 28.05 %
Total Workers 782 380 402
Main Worker 458 - -
Marginal Worker 324 151 173

Caste Factor

In Ghaghra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.44 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.19 % of total population in Ghaghra village.

Work Profile

In Ghaghra village out of total population, 782 were engaged in work activities. 58.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 782 workers engaged in Main Work, 415 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.