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Ghagra Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Ghagra is a medium size village located in Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 198 families residing. The Ghagra village has population of 1156 of which 611 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 14.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagra village is 892 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagra as per census is 670, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghagra village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagra village was 71.03 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghagra Male literacy stands at 83.27 % while female literacy rate was 57.92 %.

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

Ghagra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 1,156 611 545
Child (0-6) 162 97 65
Schedule Caste 195 108 87
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.03 % 83.27 % 57.92 %
Total Workers 293 250 43
Main Worker 141 - -
Marginal Worker 152 125 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.87 % of total population in Ghagra village. The village Ghagra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghagra village out of total population, 293 were engaged in work activities. 48.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 293 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.