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Karke Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Karke is a medium size village located in Garhwa Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 259 families residing. The Karke village has population of 1318 of which 664 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karke village population of children with age 0-6 is 230 which makes up 17.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karke village is 985 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karke as per census is 983, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karke village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karke village was 62.04 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karke Male literacy stands at 74.82 % while female literacy rate was 49.07 %.

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

Karke Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,318 664 654
Child (0-6) 230 116 114
Schedule Caste 654 321 333
Schedule Tribe 114 63 51
Literacy 62.04 % 74.82 % 49.07 %
Total Workers 493 325 168
Main Worker 251 - -
Marginal Worker 242 97 145

Caste Factor

In Karke village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.65 % of total population in Karke village.

Work Profile

In Karke village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 50.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.