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Kerker Population - Dhemaji, Assam

Kerker is a medium size village located in Jonai Circle of Dhemaji district, Assam with total 55 families residing. The Kerker village has population of 383 of which 201 are males while 182 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kerker village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kerker village is 905 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Kerker as per census is 706, lower than Assam average of 962.

Kerker village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Kerker village was 74.77 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Kerker Male literacy stands at 86.83 % while female literacy rate was 62.03 %.

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

Kerker Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 383 201 182
Child (0-6) 58 34 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 379 199 180
Literacy 74.77 % 86.83 % 62.03 %
Total Workers 279 142 137
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 212 84 128

Caste Factor

In Kerker village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.96 % of total population in Kerker village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kerker village of Dhemaji.

Work Profile

In Kerker village out of total population, 279 were engaged in work activities. 24.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.