Gauhi Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gauhi is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 200 families residing. The Gauhi village has population of 985 of which 521 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gauhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 13.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gauhi village is 891 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gauhi as per census is 750, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gauhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gauhi village was 50.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gauhi Male literacy stands at 61.35 % while female literacy rate was 37.59 %.

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

Gauhi Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	200	-	-
Population	985	521	464
Child (0-6)	133	76	57
Schedule Caste	440	231	209
Schedule Tribe	316	165	151
Literacy	50.00 %	61.35 %	37.59 %
Total Workers	258	235	23
Main Worker	48	-	-
Marginal Worker	210	200	10

Caste Factor

In Gauhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.67 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 32.08 % of total population in Gauhi village.

Work Profile

In Gauhi village out of total population, 258 were engaged in work activities. 18.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 258 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.