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Gamharia Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Gamharia is a medium size village located in Erki(Tamar II) Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 164 families residing. The Gamharia village has population of 730 of which 373 are males while 357 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 2.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamharia village is 957 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamharia as per census is 778, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamharia village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamharia village was 84.31 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamharia Male literacy stands at 94.78 % while female literacy rate was 73.43 %.

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

Gamharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 730 373 357
Child (0-6) 16 9 7
Schedule Caste 206 107 99
Schedule Tribe 362 177 185
Literacy 84.31 % 94.78 % 73.43 %
Total Workers 390 186 204
Main Worker 291 - -
Marginal Worker 99 15 84

Caste Factor

In Gamharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 28.22 % of total population in Gamharia village.

Work Profile

In Gamharia village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 74.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 204 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.