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Babhandih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Babhandih is a medium size village located in Haidernagar Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 268 families residing. The Babhandih village has population of 1658 of which 837 are males while 821 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Babhandih village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 15.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Babhandih village is 981 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Babhandih as per census is 1016, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Babhandih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Babhandih village was 65.77 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Babhandih Male literacy stands at 75.74 % while female literacy rate was 55.54 %.

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

Babhandih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 268 - -
Population 1,658 837 821
Child (0-6) 250 124 126
Schedule Caste 301 156 145
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.77 % 75.74 % 55.54 %
Total Workers 607 412 195
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 387 206 181

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.15 % of total population in Babhandih village. The village Babhandih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Babhandih village out of total population, 607 were engaged in work activities. 36.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 607 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.