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Ghatkan Population - Rohtas, Bihar

Ghatkan is a medium size village located in Sheosagar Block of Rohtas district, Bihar with total 186 families residing. The Ghatkan village has population of 1319 of which 680 are males while 639 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghatkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 287 which makes up 21.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghatkan village is 940 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghatkan as per census is 1126, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Ghatkan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghatkan village was 82.75 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ghatkan Male literacy stands at 92.11 % while female literacy rate was 72.28 %.

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

Ghatkan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 186 - -
Population 1,319 680 639
Child (0-6) 287 135 152
Schedule Caste 464 254 210
Schedule Tribe 15 7 8
Literacy 82.75 % 92.11 % 72.28 %
Total Workers 404 288 116
Main Worker 171 - -
Marginal Worker 233 124 109

Caste Factor

In Ghatkan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.18 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.14 % of total population in Ghatkan village.

Work Profile

In Ghatkan village out of total population, 404 were engaged in work activities. 42.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 404 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.