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Gandharia Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Gandharia is a medium size village located in Chatra Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 279 families residing. The Gandharia village has population of 1729 of which 874 are males while 855 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 350 which makes up 20.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandharia village is 978 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandharia as per census is 1011, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gandharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandharia village was 59.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gandharia Male literacy stands at 70.86 % while female literacy rate was 48.45 %.

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

Gandharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,729 874 855
Child (0-6) 350 174 176
Schedule Caste 383 197 186
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.83 % 70.86 % 48.45 %
Total Workers 614 402 212
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 440 276 164

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.15 % of total population in Gandharia village. The village Gandharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandharia village out of total population, 614 were engaged in work activities. 28.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 614 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.