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Ghum Population - Raigarh, Maharashtra

Ghum is a medium size village located in Mhasla Taluka of Raigarh district, Maharashtra with total 75 families residing. The Ghum village has population of 229 of which 90 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghum village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghum village is 1544 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghum as per census is 1444, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Ghum village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghum village was 60.87 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Ghum Male literacy stands at 69.14 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Ghum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 75 - -
Population 229 90 139
Child (0-6) 22 9 13
Schedule Caste 6 2 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.87 % 69.14 % 55.56 %
Total Workers 98 42 56
Main Worker 32 - -
Marginal Worker 66 25 41

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.62 % of total population in Ghum village. The village Ghum currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghum village out of total population, 98 were engaged in work activities. 32.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.