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Arka Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Arka is a medium size village located in Tarhasi Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 353 families residing. The Arka village has population of 1703 of which 869 are males while 834 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arka village population of children with age 0-6 is 325 which makes up 19.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arka village is 960 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Arka as per census is 982, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Arka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Arka village was 65.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Arka Male literacy stands at 76.74 % while female literacy rate was 53.05 %.

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

Arka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,703 869 834
Child (0-6) 325 164 161
Schedule Caste 46 22 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.17 % 76.74 % 53.05 %
Total Workers 631 400 231
Main Worker 546 - -
Marginal Worker 85 60 25

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.70 % of total population in Arka village. The village Arka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arka village out of total population, 631 were engaged in work activities. 86.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 631 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 474 were Agricultural labourer.