Kanjhia Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Kanjhia is a medium size village located in Pirtanr Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 151 families residing. The Kanjhia village has population of 903 of which 467 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanjhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 22.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanjhia village is 934 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanjhia as per census is 804, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kanjhia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanjhia village was 27.67 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kanjhia Male literacy stands at 39.72 % while female literacy rate was 15.32 %.

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

Kanjhia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	151	-	-
Population	903	467	436
Child (0-6)	202	112	90
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	765	396	369
Literacy	27.67 %	39.72 %	15.32 %
Total Workers	492	236	256
Main Worker	194	-	-
Marginal Worker	298	54	244

Caste Factor

In Kanjhia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.72 % of total population in Kanjhia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kanjhia village of Giridih.

Work Profile

In Kanjhia village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 39.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.