Ghagra Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Ghagra is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 199 families residing. The Ghagra village has population of 1174 of which 609 are males while 565 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagra village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 20.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagra village is 928 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagra as per census is 1034, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghagra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagra village was 48.72 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghagra Male literacy stands at 58.66 % while female literacy rate was 37.70 %.

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	199	-	-
Population	1,174	609	565
Child (0-6)	240	118	122
Schedule Caste	886	464	422
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	48.72 %	58.66 %	37.70 %
Total Workers	418	264	154
Main Worker	228	-	-
Marginal Worker	190	110	80

Caste Factor

In Ghagra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 75.47 % 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, 418 were engaged in work activities. 54.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 418 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.