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Amba Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Amba is a medium size village located in Hariharganj Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 285 families residing. The Amba village has population of 1783 of which 921 are males while 862 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Amba village population of children with age 0-6 is 312 which makes up 17.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Amba village is 936 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Amba as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Amba village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Amba village was 61.86 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Amba Male literacy stands at 70.20 % while female literacy rate was 52.83 %.

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

Amba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 285 - -
Population 1,783 921 862
Child (0-6) 312 156 156
Schedule Caste 488 249 239
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.86 % 70.20 % 52.83 %
Total Workers 577 441 136
Main Worker 305 - -
Marginal Worker 272 141 131

Caste Factor

Amba village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.37 % of total population in Amba village. The village Amba currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Amba village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 52.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 108 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 181 were Agricultural labourer.