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Gorhan Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Gorhan is a large village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 763 families residing. The Gorhan village has population of 4641 of which 2371 are males while 2270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gorhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 893 which makes up 19.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gorhan village is 957 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gorhan as per census is 1007, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gorhan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gorhan village was 59.55 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gorhan Male literacy stands at 77.00 % while female literacy rate was 41.11 %.

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

Gorhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 763 - -
Population 4,641 2,371 2,270
Child (0-6) 893 445 448
Schedule Caste 1,118 567 551
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.55 % 77.00 % 41.11 %
Total Workers 1,932 1,161 771
Main Worker 418 - -
Marginal Worker 1,514 781 733

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.09 % of total population in Gorhan village. The village Gorhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gorhan village out of total population, 1932 were engaged in work activities. 21.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1932 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.