Ghaghra Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Ghaghra is a medium size village located in Manoharpur Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 183 families residing. The Ghaghra village has population of 873 of which 448 are males while 425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghaghra village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 15.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghaghra village is 949 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghaghra as per census is 654, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ghaghra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghaghra village was 63.60 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ghaghra Male literacy stands at 77.11 % while female literacy rate was 50.27 %.

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

Ghaghra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	183	-	-
Population	873	448	425
Child (0-6)	134	81	53
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	494	254	240
Literacy	63.60 %	77.11 %	50.27 %
Total Workers	479	238	241
Main Worker	277	-	-
Marginal Worker	202	68	134

Caste Factor

In Ghaghra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.59 % of total population in Ghaghra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Ghaghra village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Ghaghra village out of total population, 479 were engaged in work activities. 57.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 479 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 159 were Agricultural labourer.