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Porha Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Porha is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 248 families residing. The Porha village has population of 1307 of which 623 are males while 684 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Porha village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 16.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Porha village is 1098 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Porha as per census is 1453, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Porha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Porha village was 66.51 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Porha Male literacy stands at 77.84 % while female literacy rate was 55.64 %.

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

Porha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 248 - -
Population 1,307 623 684
Child (0-6) 211 86 125
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 569 278 291
Literacy 66.51 % 77.84 % 55.64 %
Total Workers 586 313 273
Main Worker 82 - -
Marginal Worker 504 247 257

Caste Factor

In Porha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 43.53 % of total population in Porha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Porha village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Porha village out of total population, 586 were engaged in work activities. 13.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 586 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.