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Kosi Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kosi is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 166 families residing. The Kosi village has population of 1120 of which 583 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kosi village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kosi village is 921 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kosi as per census is 1059, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kosi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kosi village was 64.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kosi Male literacy stands at 79.81 % while female literacy rate was 47.74 %.

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

Kosi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 166 - -
Population 1,120 583 537
Child (0-6) 140 68 72
Schedule Caste 587 302 285
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.59 % 79.81 % 47.74 %
Total Workers 345 295 50
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 214 172 42

Caste Factor

In Kosi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.41 % of total population in Kosi village. The village Kosi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kosi village out of total population, 345 were engaged in work activities. 37.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 345 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 56 were Agricultural labourer.