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Gargaon Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Gargaon is a medium size village located in Khunti Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 193 families residing. The Gargaon village has population of 1074 of which 512 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 19.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gargaon village is 1098 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gargaon as per census is 1019, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gargaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gargaon village was 45.37 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gargaon Male literacy stands at 57.35 % while female literacy rate was 34.65 %.

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

Gargaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,074 512 562
Child (0-6) 210 104 106
Schedule Caste 107 58 49
Schedule Tribe 899 428 471
Literacy 45.37 % 57.35 % 34.65 %
Total Workers 665 309 356
Main Worker 285 - -
Marginal Worker 380 81 299

Caste Factor

In Gargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.71 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.96 % of total population in Gargaon village.

Work Profile

In Gargaon village out of total population, 665 were engaged in work activities. 42.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 57.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 665 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.