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Tungaon Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Tungaon is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 165 families residing. The Tungaon village has population of 884 of which 425 are males while 459 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tungaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 20.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tungaon village is 1080 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Tungaon as per census is 957, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Tungaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Tungaon village was 51.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Tungaon Male literacy stands at 62.95 % while female literacy rate was 41.08 %.

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

Tungaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 165 - -
Population 884 425 459
Child (0-6) 182 93 89
Schedule Caste 38 17 21
Schedule Tribe 646 314 332
Literacy 51.42 % 62.95 % 41.08 %
Total Workers 398 194 204
Main Worker 363 - -
Marginal Worker 35 9 26

Caste Factor

In Tungaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.08 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.30 % of total population in Tungaon village.

Work Profile

In Tungaon village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 91.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 312 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.