Karkata Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Karkata is a medium size village located in Baharagora Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 120 families residing. The Karkata village has population of 510 of which 263 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkata village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 15.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkata village is 939 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkata as per census is 646, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karkata village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkata village was 50.35 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karkata Male literacy stands at 60.00 % while female literacy rate was 40.74 %.

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

Karkata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	510	263	247
Child (0-6)	79	48	31
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	481	246	235
Literacy	50.35 %	60.00 %	40.74 %
Total Workers	284	146	138
Main Worker	21	-	-
Marginal Worker	263	131	132

Caste Factor

In Karkata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.31 % of total population in Karkata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karkata village of Purbi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Karkata village out of total population, 284 were engaged in work activities. 7.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 92.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 284 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.