Salgama Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Salgama is a small village located in Sundarpahari Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 29 families residing. The Salgama village has population of 141 of which 61 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salgama village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 32.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salgama village is 1311 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Salgama as per census is 2286, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Salgama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salgama village was 15.79 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Salgama Male literacy stands at 25.53 % while female literacy rate was 6.25 %.

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

Salgama Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	29	-	-
Population	141	61	80
Child (0-6)	46	14	32
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	139	60	79
Literacy	15.79 %	25.53 %	6.25 %
Total Workers	83	40	43
Main Worker	77	-	-
Marginal Worker	6	0	6

Caste Factor

In Salgama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.58 % of total population in Salgama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Salgama village of Godda.

Work Profile

In Salgama village out of total population, 83 were engaged in work activities. 92.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 83 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.