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Gaonkhap Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gaonkhap is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 60 families residing. The Gaonkhap village has population of 381 of which 200 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaonkhap village population of children with age 0-6 is 44 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaonkhap village is 905 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaonkhap as per census is 692, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gaonkhap village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaonkhap village was 75.67 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gaonkhap Male literacy stands at 84.48 % while female literacy rate was 66.26 %.

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

Gaonkhap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 381 200 181
Child (0-6) 44 26 18
Schedule Caste 338 177 161
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.67 % 84.48 % 66.26 %
Total Workers 165 79 86
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 91 9 82

Caste Factor

In Gaonkhap village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 88.71 % of total population in Gaonkhap village. The village Gaonkhap currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaonkhap village out of total population, 165 were engaged in work activities. 44.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 165 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.