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Jhargaon Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Jhargaon is a medium size village located in Gumla Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 204 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 1094 of which 552 are males while 542 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 16.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 982 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 1106, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhargaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 67.10 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 75.80 % while female literacy rate was 58.04 %.

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

Jhargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 204 - -
Population 1,094 552 542
Child (0-6) 179 85 94
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 812 411 401
Literacy 67.10 % 75.80 % 58.04 %
Total Workers 333 260 73
Main Worker 271 - -
Marginal Worker 62 31 31

Caste Factor

In Jhargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.22 % of total population in Jhargaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhargaon village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 333 were engaged in work activities. 81.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 333 workers engaged in Main Work, 153 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.