Garthan Population - Madhepura, Bihar

Garthan is a medium size village located in Madhepura Block of Madhepura district, Bihar with total 259 families residing. The Garthan village has population of 1430 of which 770 are males while 660 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garthan village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 19.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garthan village is 857 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garthan as per census is 834, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garthan village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garthan village was 49.96 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garthan Male literacy stands at 59.29 % while female literacy rate was 39.14 %.

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

Garthan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	259	-	-
Population	1,430	770	660
Child (0-6)	277	151	126
Schedule Caste	402	217	185
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	49.96 %	59.29 %	39.14 %
Total Workers	468	341	127
Main Worker	263	-	-
Marginal Worker	205	114	91

Caste Factor

Garthan village of Madhepura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.11 % of total population in Garthan village. The village Garthan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garthan village out of total population, 468 were engaged in work activities. 56.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 468 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.