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Gandhar Population - Jehanabad, Bihar

Gandhar is a large village located in Modanganj Block of Jehanabad district, Bihar with total 670 families residing. The Gandhar village has population of 4056 of which 2113 are males while 1943 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 662 which makes up 16.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhar village is 920 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhar as per census is 941, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gandhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhar village was 68.68 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gandhar Male literacy stands at 78.39 % while female literacy rate was 58.08 %.

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

Gandhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 670 - -
Population 4,056 2,113 1,943
Child (0-6) 662 341 321
Schedule Caste 1,155 591 564
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.68 % 78.39 % 58.08 %
Total Workers 1,197 859 338
Main Worker 740 - -
Marginal Worker 457 198 259

Caste Factor

Gandhar village of Jehanabad has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.48 % of total population in Gandhar village. The village Gandhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhar village out of total population, 1197 were engaged in work activities. 61.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1197 workers engaged in Main Work, 189 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 465 were Agricultural labourer.