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Jharaha Population - Gaya, Bihar

Jharaha is a medium size village located in Gurua Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 100 families residing. The Jharaha village has population of 573 of which 293 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 108 which makes up 18.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharaha village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharaha as per census is 1250, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jharaha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharaha village was 53.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jharaha Male literacy stands at 63.27 % while female literacy rate was 41.82 %.

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

Jharaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 100 - -
Population 573 293 280
Child (0-6) 108 48 60
Schedule Caste 297 154 143
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.12 % 63.27 % 41.82 %
Total Workers 370 192 178
Main Worker 10 - -
Marginal Worker 360 183 177

Caste Factor

In Jharaha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.83 % of total population in Jharaha village. The village Jharaha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharaha village out of total population, 370 were engaged in work activities. 2.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 370 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.