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Bamhandih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Bamhandih is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 190 families residing. The Bamhandih village has population of 914 of which 465 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bamhandih village population of children with age 0-6 is 168 which makes up 18.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bamhandih village is 966 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bamhandih as per census is 1154, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bamhandih village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bamhandih village was 68.23 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bamhandih Male literacy stands at 83.46 % while female literacy rate was 51.81 %.

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

Bamhandih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 190 - -
Population 914 465 449
Child (0-6) 168 78 90
Schedule Caste 242 128 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.23 % 83.46 % 51.81 %
Total Workers 445 232 213
Main Worker 98 - -
Marginal Worker 347 142 205

Caste Factor

Bamhandih village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.48 % of total population in Bamhandih village. The village Bamhandih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bamhandih village out of total population, 445 were engaged in work activities. 22.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 445 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.