Gongo Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gongo is a medium size village located in Panki Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 222 families residing. The Gongo village has population of 1205 of which 634 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gongo village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 19.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gongo village is 901 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gongo as per census is 966, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gongo village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gongo village was 69.27 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gongo Male literacy stands at 77.13 % while female literacy rate was 60.39 %.

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

Gongo Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	222	-	-
Population	1,205	634	571
Child (0-6)	232	118	114
Schedule Caste	405	212	193
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.27 %	77.13 %	60.39 %
Total Workers	584	319	265
Main Worker	423	-	-
Marginal Worker	161	113	48

Caste Factor

Gongo village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.61 % of total population in Gongo village. The village Gongo currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gongo village out of total population, 584 were engaged in work activities. 72.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 584 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.