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Mehan Population - Khunti, Jharkhand

Mehan is a medium size village located in Karra Block of Khunti district, Jharkhand with total 212 families residing. The Mehan village has population of 1065 of which 541 are males while 524 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehan village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 15.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehan village is 969 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehan as per census is 988, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mehan village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehan village was 62.20 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mehan Male literacy stands at 72.55 % while female literacy rate was 51.47 %.

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

Mehan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,065 541 524
Child (0-6) 163 82 81
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,060 537 523
Literacy 62.20 % 72.55 % 51.47 %
Total Workers 478 228 250
Main Worker 158 - -
Marginal Worker 320 107 213

Caste Factor

In Mehan village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.53 % of total population in Mehan village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mehan village of Khunti.

Work Profile

In Mehan village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 33.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.