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Gurma Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Gurma is a medium size village located in Ichagarh Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 84 families residing. The Gurma village has population of 351 of which 177 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurma village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 17.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurma village is 983 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurma as per census is 1214, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Gurma village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurma village was 57.09 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Gurma Male literacy stands at 77.85 % while female literacy rate was 35.00 %.

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

Gurma Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 84 - -
Population 351 177 174
Child (0-6) 62 28 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 130 66 64
Literacy 57.09 % 77.85 % 35.00 %
Total Workers 221 105 116
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 195 86 109

Caste Factor

In Gurma village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.04 % of total population in Gurma village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Gurma village of Saraikela Kharsawan.

Work Profile

In Gurma village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 11.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.