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Kocha Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Kocha is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 159 families residing. The Kocha village has population of 1092 of which 555 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kocha village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kocha village is 968 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kocha as per census is 1163, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kocha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kocha village was 56.95 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kocha Male literacy stands at 72.71 % while female literacy rate was 40.05 %.

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

Kocha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 1,092 555 537
Child (0-6) 186 86 100
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 923 469 454
Literacy 56.95 % 72.71 % 40.05 %
Total Workers 561 283 278
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 202 54 148

Caste Factor

In Kocha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 84.52 % of total population in Kocha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kocha village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Kocha village out of total population, 561 were engaged in work activities. 63.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 561 workers engaged in Main Work, 348 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.