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Pekha Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Pekha is a medium size village located in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur(Hunterganj) Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 64 families residing. The Pekha village has population of 313 of which 159 are males while 154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pekha village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 15.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pekha village is 969 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Pekha as per census is 778, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Pekha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Pekha village was 48.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Pekha Male literacy stands at 53.79 % while female literacy rate was 42.86 %.

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

Pekha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 64 - -
Population 313 159 154
Child (0-6) 48 27 21
Schedule Caste 238 123 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 48.30 % 53.79 % 42.86 %
Total Workers 149 83 66
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Pekha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.04 % of total population in Pekha village. The village Pekha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pekha village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 97.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.