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Babhandih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Babhandih is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 317 families residing. The Babhandih village has population of 1663 of which 855 are males while 808 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Babhandih village population of children with age 0-6 is 272 which makes up 16.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Babhandih village is 945 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Babhandih as per census is 889, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Babhandih village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Babhandih village was 69.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Babhandih Male literacy stands at 82.28 % while female literacy rate was 56.18 %.

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 317 - -
Population 1,663 855 808
Child (0-6) 272 144 128
Schedule Caste 146 69 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.52 % 82.28 % 56.18 %
Total Workers 482 407 75
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 170 111 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.78 % 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, 482 were engaged in work activities. 64.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 482 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.