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Salhana Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Salhana is a medium size village located in Pandu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 155 families residing. The Salhana village has population of 853 of which 455 are males while 398 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 141 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salhana village is 875 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Salhana as per census is 831, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Salhana village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Salhana village was 74.72 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Salhana Male literacy stands at 87.30 % while female literacy rate was 60.48 %.

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

Salhana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 155 - -
Population 853 455 398
Child (0-6) 141 77 64
Schedule Caste 33 17 16
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.72 % 87.30 % 60.48 %
Total Workers 400 225 175
Main Worker 163 - -
Marginal Worker 237 95 142

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.87 % of total population in Salhana village. The village Salhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salhana village out of total population, 400 were engaged in work activities. 40.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 400 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 52 were Agricultural labourer.