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Jharka Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Jharka is a medium size village located in Nagaruntari Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 172 families residing. The Jharka village has population of 841 of which 411 are males while 430 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharka village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 17.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharka village is 1046 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharka as per census is 1101, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jharka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharka village was 66.81 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jharka Male literacy stands at 81.58 % while female literacy rate was 52.54 %.

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

Jharka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 841 411 430
Child (0-6) 145 69 76
Schedule Caste 234 112 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.81 % 81.58 % 52.54 %
Total Workers 466 242 224
Main Worker 34 - -
Marginal Worker 432 213 219

Caste Factor

Jharka village of Garhwa has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.82 % of total population in Jharka village. The village Jharka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharka village out of total population, 466 were engaged in work activities. 7.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 466 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.