Gidung Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Gidung is a medium size village located in Manoharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 104 families residing. The Gidung village has population of 481 of which 230 are males while 251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gidung village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 16.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gidung village is 1091 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gidung as per census is 833, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gidung village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gidung village was 66.34 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gidung Male literacy stands at 84.04 % while female literacy rate was 50.93 %.

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

Gidung Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	481	230	251
Child (0-6)	77	42	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	462	219	243
Literacy	66.34 %	84.04 %	50.93 %
Total Workers	227	125	102
Main Worker	120	-	-
Marginal Worker	107	24	83

Caste Factor

In Gidung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.05 % of total population in Gidung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gidung village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Gidung village out of total population, 227 were engaged in work activities. 52.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 227 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.