Dirgaon Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Dirgaon is a medium size village located in Ghaghra Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 248 families residing. The Dirgaon village has population of 1440 of which 702 are males while 738 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dirgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 323 which makes up 22.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dirgaon village is 1051 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dirgaon as per census is 1125, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dirgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dirgaon village was 35.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dirgaon Male literacy stands at 47.45 % while female literacy rate was 23.10 %.

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

Dirgaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	248	-	-
Population	1,440	702	738
Child (0-6)	323	152	171
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,324	649	675
Literacy	35.09 %	47.45 %	23.10 %
Total Workers	795	399	396
Main Worker	421	-	-
Marginal Worker	374	98	276

Caste Factor

In Dirgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 91.94 % of total population in Dirgaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dirgaon village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Dirgaon village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 52.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 412 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.