(49%) females. Population below 6 years was 28,182. Scheduled Castes numbered 16,360 (10.35%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 3,798 (2.40%). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Bagodar CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Bagodar (9,934), Dharguli (4,293), Mundro (4,435), Beko (15,727), Kusmarja (4,063), Hesla (5,965), Jarmune (15,269), Antkadih (13,924), Tirla (4,631) and Khetko (6,610). There is no census town in Bagodar CD Block. Literacy census the total number of literate persons in Bagodar CD block was 83,704 (64.43% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 52,368 (67.68% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 31,336 (49.02% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 32.54%. census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14% Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%. See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate Language and religion Khortha is the main spoken language. Hindi is the official language. Urdu and Santali are also spoken. Rural poverty 40-50% of the population of Giridih district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Koderma and Hazaribagh districts. Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%. Economy Livelihood In Bagodar CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 25,008 and formed 37.42%, agricultural labourers numbered 25,224 and formed 37.74%, household industry workers numbered 2,059 and formed 3.08% and other workers numbered 14,540 and formed 21.76%. Total workers numbered 66,831 and formed 42.27% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 91,263 and formed 57.73% of the population. Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and