Maheshdhasa Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Maheshdhasa is a medium size village located in Poreyahat Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 108 families residing. The Maheshdhasa village has population of 499 of which 266 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheshdhasa village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 14.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheshdhasa village is 876 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheshdhasa as per census is 698, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maheshdhasa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheshdhasa village was 60.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maheshdhasa Male literacy stands at 73.09 % while female literacy rate was 45.81 %.

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

Maheshdhasa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	108	-	-
Population	499	266	233
Child (0-6)	73	43	30
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	437	237	200
Literacy	60.09 %	73.09 %	45.81 %
Total Workers	233	145	88
Main Worker	127	-	-
Marginal Worker	106	49	57

Caste Factor

In Maheshdhasa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.58 % of total population in Maheshdhasa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maheshdhasa village of Godda.

Work Profile

In Maheshdhasa village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 54.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.