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Dorkasai Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Dorkasai is a medium size village located in Potka Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 231 families residing. The Dorkasai village has population of 1037 of which 537 are males while 500 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dorkasai village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 13.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dorkasai village is 931 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Dorkasai as per census is 1042, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Dorkasai village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Dorkasai village was 80.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Dorkasai Male literacy stands at 88.20 % while female literacy rate was 73.00 %.

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

Dorkasai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 1,037 537 500
Child (0-6) 145 71 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 54 26 28
Literacy 80.94 % 88.20 % 73.00 %
Total Workers 297 280 17
Main Worker 252 - -
Marginal Worker 45 40 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.21 % of total population in Dorkasai village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dorkasai village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Dorkasai village out of total population, 297 were engaged in work activities. 84.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 297 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.