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Gamra Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Gamra is a medium size village located in Masalia Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 99 families residing. The Gamra village has population of 480 of which 235 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gamra village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 13.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gamra village is 1043 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gamra as per census is 1286, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gamra village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gamra village was 66.83 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gamra Male literacy stands at 78.26 % while female literacy rate was 55.50 %.

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

Gamra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 480 235 245
Child (0-6) 64 28 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 309 144 165
Literacy 66.83 % 78.26 % 55.50 %
Total Workers 272 137 135
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 182 52 130

Caste Factor

In Gamra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.38 % of total population in Gamra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gamra village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Gamra village out of total population, 272 were engaged in work activities. 33.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 272 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 59 were Agricultural labourer.