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Behera Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Behera is a medium size village located in Tundi Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 280 families residing. The Behera village has population of 1294 of which 688 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Behera village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 13.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Behera village is 881 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Behera as per census is 828, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Behera village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Behera village was 71.07 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Behera Male literacy stands at 87.44 % while female literacy rate was 52.67 %.

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

Behera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 280 - -
Population 1,294 688 606
Child (0-6) 181 99 82
Schedule Caste 49 24 25
Schedule Tribe 13 8 5
Literacy 71.07 % 87.44 % 52.67 %
Total Workers 444 363 81
Main Worker 276 - -
Marginal Worker 168 104 64

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.00 % of total population in Behera village.

Work Profile

In Behera village out of total population, 444 were engaged in work activities. 62.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 444 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.