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Gurha Kalan Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gurha Kalan is a medium size village located in Bishrampur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 285 families residing. The Gurha Kalan village has population of 1738 of which 899 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurha Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 253 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurha Kalan village is 933 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurha Kalan as per census is 874, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gurha Kalan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurha Kalan village was 69.76 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gurha Kalan Male literacy stands at 82.72 % while female literacy rate was 56.03 %.

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

Gurha Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,738 899 839
Child (0-6) 253 135 118
Schedule Caste 721 365 356
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.76 % 82.72 % 56.03 %
Total Workers 451 353 98
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 231 160 71

Caste Factor

In Gurha Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.48 % of total population in Gurha Kalan village. The village Gurha Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurha Kalan village out of total population, 451 were engaged in work activities. 48.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 451 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 64 were Agricultural labourer.