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Porha Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Porha is a medium size village located in Ghaghra Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 242 families residing. The Porha village has population of 1312 of which 649 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porha village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 19.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porha village is 1022 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Porha as per census is 891, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Porha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Porha village was 57.47 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Porha Male literacy stands at 67.71 % while female literacy rate was 47.78 %.

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

Porha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,312 649 663
Child (0-6) 261 138 123
Schedule Caste 21 10 11
Schedule Tribe 1,144 560 584
Literacy 57.47 % 67.71 % 47.78 %
Total Workers 671 340 331
Main Worker 443 - -
Marginal Worker 228 112 116

Caste Factor

In Porha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 87.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.60 % of total population in Porha village.

Work Profile

In Porha village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 66.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 418 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.