Paltanganj Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Paltanganj is a medium size village located in Taljhari Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 57 families residing. The Paltanganj village has population of 299 of which 167 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paltanganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 15.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paltanganj village is 790 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Paltanganj as per census is 621, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Paltanganj village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Paltanganj village was 63.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Paltanganj Male literacy stands at 72.46 % while female literacy rate was 52.63 %.

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

Paltanganj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	299	167	132
Child (0-6)	47	29	18
Schedule Caste	177	104	73
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.49 %	72.46 %	52.63 %
Total Workers	116	79	37
Main Worker	90	-	-
Marginal Worker	26	0	26

Caste Factor

In Paltanganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.20 % of total population in Paltanganj village. The village Paltanganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paltanganj village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 77.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.