Garhwa District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Garhwa is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 19 Taluks, 888 villages and 3 towns in Garhwa district.

As per the Census India 2011, Garhwa district has 254,697 households, population of 1,322,784 of which 683,575 are males and 639,209 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 239,664 which is 18.12% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Garhwa district is around 935 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Garhwa district is 49.4% out of which 59.27% males are literate and 38.85% females are literate. The total area of Garhwa is 4,093 sq.km with population density of 323 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 94.73% of population lives in Urban area and 5.27% lives in Rural area. There are 24.19% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 15.56% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Garhwa district.

Garhwa Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,322,784	100%
Hindu	1,104,475	83.5%
Muslim	194,680	14.72%
Christian	17,168	1.3%
Other religions and persuasions	4,591	0.35%
Religion not stated	1,356	0.1%
Buddhist	371	0.03%
Sikh	123	0.01%
Jain	20	0%

Garhwa Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	40	4,054
Number of households	13,233	241,464
Total Population	69,670	1,253,114
Population (%)	52.57%	48.37%
Male Population	36,628	646,947
Female Population	33,042	606,167
Sex Ratio	902	937
Literacy (%)	65.95%	48.48%

List of Taluks in Garhwa

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Garhwa district, Jharkhand

Garhwa Population Facts

Number of Households	254,697
Population	1,322,784
Male Population	683,575 (51.68%)
Female Population	639,209 (48.32%)
Children Population	239,664
Area	4,093 km2
Population density/km2	323
Sex-ratio	935
Literacy	49.4%
Male Literacy	59.27%
Female Literacy	38.85%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	15.56%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	24.19%