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Gangapur Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Gangapur is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 209 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 1545 of which 784 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 402 which makes up 26.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 971 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 905, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gangapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 53.19 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 66.32 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Gangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 209 - -
Population 1,545 784 761
Child (0-6) 402 211 191
Schedule Caste 118 63 55
Schedule Tribe 102 50 52
Literacy 53.19 % 66.32 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 643 367 276
Main Worker 234 - -
Marginal Worker 409 210 199

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.64 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.60 % of total population in Gangapur village.

Work Profile

In Gangapur village out of total population, 643 were engaged in work activities. 36.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 643 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.