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Jhanjh Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Jhanjh is a medium size village located in Dhanwar Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 58 families residing. The Jhanjh village has population of 373 of which 214 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjh village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 12.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjh village is 743 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjh as per census is 655, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhanjh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjh village was 63.69 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhanjh Male literacy stands at 76.76 % while female literacy rate was 46.43 %.

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

Jhanjh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 58 - -
Population 373 214 159
Child (0-6) 48 29 19
Schedule Caste 25 16 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.69 % 76.76 % 46.43 %
Total Workers 234 122 112
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 65 32 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.70 % of total population in Jhanjh village. The village Jhanjh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhanjh village out of total population, 234 were engaged in work activities. 72.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 234 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 130 were Agricultural labourer.