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Gahni Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Gahni is a medium size village located in Machhlishahr Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 148 families residing. The Gahni village has population of 1222 of which 604 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahni village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 14.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahni village is 1023 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahni as per census is 790, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gahni village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahni village was 66.73 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gahni Male literacy stands at 80.56 % while female literacy rate was 53.80 %.

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

Gahni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 148 - -
Population 1,222 604 618
Child (0-6) 179 100 79
Schedule Caste 93 54 39
Schedule Tribe 19 6 13
Literacy 66.73 % 80.56 % 53.80 %
Total Workers 529 291 238
Main Worker 345 - -
Marginal Worker 184 15 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.61 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.55 % of total population in Gahni village.

Work Profile

In Gahni village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 65.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 316 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.