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Gamharia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Gamharia is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 91 families residing. The Gamharia village has population of 471 of which 245 are males while 226 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 22.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamharia village is 922 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamharia as per census is 1277, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamharia village was 62.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamharia Male literacy stands at 76.26 % while female literacy rate was 45.18 %.

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

Gamharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 91 - -
Population 471 245 226
Child (0-6) 107 47 60
Schedule Caste 362 190 172
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.09 % 76.26 % 45.18 %
Total Workers 270 143 127
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 233 109 124

Caste Factor

In Gamharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.86 % of total population in Gamharia village. The village Gamharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gamharia village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 13.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.