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Garapathar Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Garapathar is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 171 families residing. The Garapathar village has population of 776 of which 402 are males while 374 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garapathar village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 18.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garapathar village is 930 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Garapathar as per census is 870, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Garapathar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Garapathar village was 63.13 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Garapathar Male literacy stands at 77.23 % while female literacy rate was 48.21 %.

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

Garapathar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 171 - -
Population 776 402 374
Child (0-6) 144 77 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 300 150 150
Literacy 63.13 % 77.23 % 48.21 %
Total Workers 420 209 211
Main Worker 209 - -
Marginal Worker 211 12 199

Caste Factor

In Garapathar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 38.66 % of total population in Garapathar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garapathar village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Garapathar village out of total population, 420 were engaged in work activities. 49.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 420 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.