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Gamharia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Gamharia is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 332 families residing. The Gamharia village has population of 1381 of which 684 are males while 697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 16.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamharia village is 1019 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamharia as per census is 1150, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamharia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamharia village was 41.70 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamharia Male literacy stands at 55.46 % while female literacy rate was 27.87 %.

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 332 - -
Population 1,381 684 697
Child (0-6) 230 107 123
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 482 237 245
Literacy 41.70 % 55.46 % 27.87 %
Total Workers 671 378 293
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 319 160 159

Caste Factor

Gamharia village of Dumka has substantial population of Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 34.90 % of total population in Gamharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gamharia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Gamharia village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 52.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 284 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 54 were Agricultural labourer.