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Ghatkan Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Ghatkan is a medium size village located in Kako Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 236 families residing. The Ghatkan village has population of 1402 of which 732 are males while 670 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghatkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 16.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghatkan village is 915 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghatkan as per census is 797, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Ghatkan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghatkan village was 77.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ghatkan Male literacy stands at 90.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.91 %.

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 236 - -
Population 1,402 732 670
Child (0-6) 230 128 102
Schedule Caste 232 121 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.47 % 90.23 % 63.91 %
Total Workers 529 335 194
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 392 206 186

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.55 % of total population in Ghatkan village. The village Ghatkan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghatkan village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 25.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.