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Pesham Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Pesham is a large village located in Birni Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 601 families residing. The Pesham village has population of 3471 of which 1710 are males while 1761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pesham village population of children with age 0-6 is 661 which makes up 19.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pesham village is 1030 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pesham as per census is 1085, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pesham village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pesham village was 57.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pesham Male literacy stands at 71.79 % while female literacy rate was 43.19 %.

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

Pesham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 601 - -
Population 3,471 1,710 1,761
Child (0-6) 661 317 344
Schedule Caste 449 218 231
Schedule Tribe 226 124 102
Literacy 57.37 % 71.79 % 43.19 %
Total Workers 1,689 915 774
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 1,280 555 725

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.51 % of total population in Pesham village.

Work Profile

In Pesham village out of total population, 1689 were engaged in work activities. 24.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1689 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.