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Gajna Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Gajna is a medium size village located in Pipra Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 48 families residing. The Gajna village has population of 260 of which 131 are males while 129 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajna village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 21.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajna village is 985 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajna as per census is 1154, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gajna village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajna village was 30.39 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gajna Male literacy stands at 41.90 % while female literacy rate was 18.18 %.

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

Gajna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 260 131 129
Child (0-6) 56 26 30
Schedule Caste 239 118 121
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 30.39 % 41.90 % 18.18 %
Total Workers 112 60 52
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 38 2 36

Caste Factor

In Gajna village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 91.92 % of total population in Gajna village. The village Gajna currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajna village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 66.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.