Gangdhara Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gangdhara is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 54 families residing. The Gangdhara village has population of 346 of which 176 are males while 170 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangdhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 22.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangdhara village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangdhara as per census is 878, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gangdhara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangdhara village was 23.79 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gangdhara Male literacy stands at 27.41 % while female literacy rate was 20.15 %.

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

Gangdhara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	54	-	-
Population	346	176	170
Child (0-6)	77	41	36
Schedule Caste	309	155	154
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	23.79 %	27.41 %	20.15 %
Total Workers	173	99	74
Main Worker	51	-	-
Marginal Worker	122	86	36

Caste Factor

In Gangdhara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 89.31 % of total population in Gangdhara village. The village Gangdhara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangdhara village out of total population, 173 were engaged in work activities. 29.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 173 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.