Garga Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Garga is a medium size village located in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 292 families residing. The Garga village has population of 1586 of which 777 are males while 809 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garga village population of children with age 0-6 is 273 which makes up 17.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garga village is 1041 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Garga as per census is 1220, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Garga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Garga village was 57.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Garga Male literacy stands at 69.11 % while female literacy rate was 45.37 %.

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

Garga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	292	-	-
Population	1,586	777	809
Child (0-6)	273	123	150
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,578	772	806
Literacy	57.20 %	69.11 %	45.37 %
Total Workers	772	394	378
Main Worker	389	-	-
Marginal Worker	383	197	186

Caste Factor

In Garga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.50 % of total population in Garga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garga village of Dhanbad.

Work Profile

In Garga village out of total population, 772 were engaged in work activities. 50.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 772 workers engaged in Main Work, 365 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.