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Sarhu Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sarhu is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 208 families residing. The Sarhu village has population of 1365 of which 721 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarhu village population of children with age 0-6 is 226 which makes up 16.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarhu village is 893 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarhu as per census is 982, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sarhu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarhu village was 64.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sarhu Male literacy stands at 77.76 % while female literacy rate was 50.19 %.

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

Sarhu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 1,365 721 644
Child (0-6) 226 114 112
Schedule Caste 906 466 440
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.88 % 77.76 % 50.19 %
Total Workers 415 300 115
Main Worker 161 - -
Marginal Worker 254 154 100

Caste Factor

In Sarhu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.37 % of total population in Sarhu village. The village Sarhu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sarhu village out of total population, 415 were engaged in work activities. 38.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 415 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.