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Suntha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Suntha is a large village located in Patan Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 459 families residing. The Suntha village has population of 2030 of which 1094 are males while 936 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Suntha village population of children with age 0-6 is 382 which makes up 18.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Suntha village is 856 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Suntha as per census is 752, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Suntha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Suntha village was 49.21 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Suntha Male literacy stands at 58.45 % while female literacy rate was 38.73 %.

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

Suntha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 459 - -
Population 2,030 1,094 936
Child (0-6) 382 218 164
Schedule Caste 483 265 218
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.21 % 58.45 % 38.73 %
Total Workers 1,049 611 438
Main Worker 404 - -
Marginal Worker 645 350 295

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.79 % of total population in Suntha village. The village Suntha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Suntha village out of total population, 1049 were engaged in work activities. 38.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1049 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 158 were Agricultural labourer.