Jhargaon Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Jhargaon is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 49 families residing. The Jhargaon village has population of 287 of which 149 are males while 138 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhargaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 14.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhargaon village is 926 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhargaon as per census is 615, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jhargaon village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhargaon village was 75.10 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jhargaon Male literacy stands at 82.11 % while female literacy rate was 68.03 %.

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

Jhargaon Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	49	-	-
Population	287	149	138
Child (0-6)	42	26	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	234	119	115
Literacy	75.10 %	82.11 %	68.03 %
Total Workers	174	87	87
Main Worker	70	-	-
Marginal Worker	104	43	61

Caste Factor

In Jhargaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.53 % of total population in Jhargaon village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jhargaon village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Jhargaon village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 40.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.