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Barhania Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Barhania is a medium size village located in Gopikandar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 49 families residing. The Barhania village has population of 248 of which 132 are males while 116 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barhania village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 14.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barhania village is 879 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Barhania as per census is 565, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Barhania village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Barhania village was 60.38 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Barhania Male literacy stands at 71.56 % while female literacy rate was 48.54 %.

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

Barhania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 248 132 116
Child (0-6) 36 23 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 248 132 116
Literacy 60.38 % 71.56 % 48.54 %
Total Workers 116 71 45
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 39 2 37

Caste Factor

In Barhania village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Barhania village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barhania village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Barhania village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 66.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.