Garhwa is one of 24 districts located in eastern Indian state Jharkhand. There are total 19 blocks which comes under Garhwa district, and there are total 888 villages and 1 town area which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Garhwa district is 346 and number of houses in this district is 242526.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 1258376. Out of total 1258376, male population count is 649748, where as female population count is 608628 in Garhwa.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 229840 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 229840 children 117260 are boys and 112580 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Garhwa district is 48%. 610971 out of total 1258376 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 58% and 380483 males are literate out of total 649748 male population, where as female literacy rate is 62% and 230488 out of total 608628 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Garhwa district is 51%. 647405 out of total 1258376 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 41% and 269265 males are illiterate out of total 649748 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 62% and 378140 out of total 608628 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Garhwa district is 551974 and non-working population is 706402 and out of 551974 working population 46436 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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