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Jhanjh Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Jhanjh is a medium size village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 129 families residing. The Jhanjh village has population of 862 of which 411 are males while 451 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjh village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 21.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjh village is 1097 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjh as per census is 916, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhanjh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjh village was 64.85 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhanjh Male literacy stands at 80.38 % while female literacy rate was 51.37 %.

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 129 - -
Population 862 411 451
Child (0-6) 182 95 87
Schedule Caste 82 32 50
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.85 % 80.38 % 51.37 %
Total Workers 348 185 163
Main Worker 65 - -
Marginal Worker 283 128 155

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.51 % 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, 348 were engaged in work activities. 18.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 81.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.