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Gariapani Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Gariapani is a medium size village located in Gopikandar Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 161 families residing. The Gariapani village has population of 509 of which 245 are males while 264 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gariapani village population of children with age 0-6 is 84 which makes up 16.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gariapani village is 1078 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gariapani as per census is 1211, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gariapani village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gariapani village was 46.12 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gariapani Male literacy stands at 52.17 % while female literacy rate was 40.37 %.

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

Gariapani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 161 - -
Population 509 245 264
Child (0-6) 84 38 46
Schedule Caste 13 8 5
Schedule Tribe 471 226 245
Literacy 46.12 % 52.17 % 40.37 %
Total Workers 317 152 165
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 264 105 159

Caste Factor

In Gariapani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 92.53 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 2.55 % of total population in Gariapani village.

Work Profile

In Gariapani village out of total population, 317 were engaged in work activities. 16.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 317 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.