Kurjun Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Kurjun is a medium size village located in Itkhori Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 79 families residing. The Kurjun village has population of 563 of which 283 are males while 280 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kurjun village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 18.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kurjun village is 989 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kurjun as per census is 1122, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kurjun village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kurjun village was 52.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kurjun Male literacy stands at 67.09 % while female literacy rate was 38.22 %.

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

Kurjun Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	79	-	-
Population	563	283	280
Child (0-6)	104	49	55
Schedule Caste	226	117	109
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	52.94 %	67.09 %	38.22 %
Total Workers	148	144	4
Main Worker	33	-	-
Marginal Worker	115	112	3

Caste Factor

In Kurjun village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.14 % of total population in Kurjun village. The village Kurjun currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kurjun village out of total population, 148 were engaged in work activities. 22.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 148 workers engaged in Main Work, 18 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.