Jorko Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Jorko is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 54 families residing. The Jorko village has population of 314 of which 151 are males while 163 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jorko village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 12.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jorko village is 1079 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Jorko as per census is 1222, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Jorko village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Jorko village was 31.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Jorko Male literacy stands at 40.60 % while female literacy rate was 23.40 %.

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

Jorko Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	54	-	-
Population	314	151	163
Child (0-6)	40	18	22
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	278	126	152
Literacy	31.75 %	40.60 %	23.40 %
Total Workers	149	69	80
Main Worker	75	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	3	71

Caste Factor

In Jorko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.54 % of total population in Jorko village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jorko village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Jorko village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 50.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.