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Karikadi Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Karikadi is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 134 families residing. The Karikadi village has population of 695 of which 362 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karikadi village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 16.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karikadi village is 920 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Karikadi as per census is 785, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Karikadi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Karikadi village was 57.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Karikadi Male literacy stands at 69.36 % while female literacy rate was 44.33 %.

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

Karikadi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 134 - -
Population 695 362 333
Child (0-6) 116 65 51
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 246 130 116
Literacy 57.17 % 69.36 % 44.33 %
Total Workers 374 185 189
Main Worker 174 - -
Marginal Worker 200 78 122

Caste Factor

In Karikadi village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.40 % of total population in Karikadi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Karikadi village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Karikadi village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 46.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.