Dema Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Dema is a medium size village located in Kandi Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 129 families residing. The Dema village has population of 665 of which 353 are males while 312 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dema village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 22.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dema village is 884 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dema as per census is 838, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dema village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dema village was 60.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dema Male literacy stands at 77.29 % while female literacy rate was 41.63 %.

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

Dema Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	129	-	-
Population	665	353	312
Child (0-6)	147	80	67
Schedule Caste	481	254	227
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	60.42 %	77.29 %	41.63 %
Total Workers	473	246	227
Main Worker	129	-	-
Marginal Worker	344	119	225

Caste Factor

In Dema village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.33 % of total population in Dema village. The village Dema currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Dema village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 27.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.