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Urmu Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Urmu is a medium size village located in Bano Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 113 families residing. The Urmu village has population of 652 of which 317 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Urmu village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 19.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Urmu village is 1057 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Urmu as per census is 984, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Urmu village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Urmu village was 60.38 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Urmu Male literacy stands at 71.94 % while female literacy rate was 49.63 %.

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

Urmu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 113 - -
Population 652 317 335
Child (0-6) 127 64 63
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 546 270 276
Literacy 60.38 % 71.94 % 49.63 %
Total Workers 332 172 160
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 296 151 145

Caste Factor

In Urmu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.74 % of total population in Urmu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Urmu village of Simdega.

Work Profile

In Urmu village out of total population, 332 were engaged in work activities. 10.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 332 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.