Gargaon Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Gargaon is a medium size village located in Potka Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 304 families residing. The Gargaon village has population of 1327 of which 665 are males while 662 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 14.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gargaon village is 995 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gargaon as per census is 904, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gargaon village was 56.16 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gargaon Male literacy stands at 69.52 % while female literacy rate was 42.96 %.

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

Gargaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	304	-	-
Population	1,327	665	662
Child (0-6)	198	104	94
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	715	340	375
Literacy	56.16 %	69.52 %	42.96 %
Total Workers	363	304	59
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	346	288	58

Caste Factor

In Gargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 53.88 % of total population in Gargaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gargaon village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Gargaon village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 4.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.