Lanji Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Lanji is a medium size village located in Gumla Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 176 families residing. The Lanji village has population of 862 of which 428 are males while 434 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Lanji village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 14.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Lanji village is 1014 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Lanji as per census is 908, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Lanji village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Lanji village was 73.85 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Lanji Male literacy stands at 85.40 % while female literacy rate was 62.67 %.

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

Lanji Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	176	-	-
Population	862	428	434
Child (0-6)	124	65	59
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	349	168	181
Literacy	73.85 %	85.40 %	62.67 %
Total Workers	385	209	176
Main Worker	255	-	-
Marginal Worker	130	61	69

Caste Factor

In Lanji village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.49 % of total population in Lanji village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Lanji village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Lanji village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 66.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.