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Ranka Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Ranka is a medium size village located in Garhwa Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 289 families residing. The Ranka village has population of 1372 of which 694 are males while 678 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranka village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 17.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranka village is 977 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranka as per census is 1112, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ranka village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranka village was 56.88 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ranka Male literacy stands at 68.51 % while female literacy rate was 44.63 %.

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

Ranka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 289 - -
Population 1,372 694 678
Child (0-6) 245 116 129
Schedule Caste 546 265 281
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 56.88 % 68.51 % 44.63 %
Total Workers 557 320 237
Main Worker 89 - -
Marginal Worker 468 242 226

Caste Factor

In Ranka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.80 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.07 % of total population in Ranka village.

Work Profile

In Ranka village out of total population, 557 were engaged in work activities. 15.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 557 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.