Birkera Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Birkera is a medium size village located in Sisai Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 174 families residing. The Birkera village has population of 984 of which 499 are males while 485 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkera village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 15.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkera village is 972 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkera as per census is 924, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Birkera village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkera village was 63.46 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Birkera Male literacy stands at 77.14 % while female literacy rate was 49.51 %.

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

Birkera Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	174	-	-
Population	984	499	485
Child (0-6)	152	79	73
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	604	301	303
Literacy	63.46 %	77.14 %	49.51 %
Total Workers	450	233	217
Main Worker	233	-	-
Marginal Worker	217	29	188

Caste Factor

In Birkera village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 61.38 % of total population in Birkera village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Birkera village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Birkera village out of total population, 450 were engaged in work activities. 51.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 450 workers engaged in Main Work, 209 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.