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Arkara Population - Baksa, Assam

Arkara is a medium size village located in Jalah Circle of Baksa district, Assam with total 224 families residing. The Arkara village has population of 1112 of which 554 are males while 558 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arkara village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 11.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arkara village is 1007 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Arkara as per census is 1016, higher than Assam average of 962.

Arkara village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Arkara village was 73.31 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Arkara Male literacy stands at 83.57 % while female literacy rate was 63.10 %.

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

Arkara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 224 - -
Population 1,112 554 558
Child (0-6) 123 61 62
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,059 527 532
Literacy 73.31 % 83.57 % 63.10 %
Total Workers 722 373 349
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 166 80 86

Caste Factor

In Arkara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.23 % of total population in Arkara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Arkara village of Baksa.

Work Profile

In Arkara village out of total population, 722 were engaged in work activities. 77.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 722 workers engaged in Main Work, 162 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.