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Gaighat Population - Munger, Bihar

Gaighat is a medium size village located in Kharagpur Block of Munger district, Bihar with total 265 families residing. The Gaighat village has population of 1257 of which 643 are males while 614 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaighat village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaighat village is 955 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaighat as per census is 883, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Gaighat village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaighat village was 55.32 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gaighat Male literacy stands at 72.78 % while female literacy rate was 37.28 %.

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

Gaighat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,257 643 614
Child (0-6) 194 103 91
Schedule Caste 154 78 76
Schedule Tribe 213 102 111
Literacy 55.32 % 72.78 % 37.28 %
Total Workers 585 333 252
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 471 242 229

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.95 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 12.25 % of total population in Gaighat village.

Work Profile

In Gaighat village out of total population, 585 were engaged in work activities. 19.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 585 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.