Shamdih Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Shamdih is a medium size village located in Baghmara-Cum-Katras Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 242 families residing. The Shamdih village has population of 1188 of which 633 are males while 555 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamdih village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 17.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamdih village is 877 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamdih as per census is 790, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Shamdih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamdih village was 64.51 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Shamdih Male literacy stands at 76.07 % while female literacy rate was 51.63 %.

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

Shamdih Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	242	-	-
Population	1,188	633	555
Child (0-6)	213	119	94
Schedule Caste	533	285	248
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.51 %	76.07 %	51.63 %
Total Workers	288	277	11
Main Worker	180	-	-
Marginal Worker	108	102	6

Caste Factor

In Shamdih village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.87 % of total population in Shamdih village. The village Shamdih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamdih village out of total population, 288 were engaged in work activities. 62.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.