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Matkara Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Matkara is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Matkara village has population of 500 of which 255 are males while 245 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matkara village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 17.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matkara village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Matkara as per census is 1263, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Matkara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Matkara village was 46.62 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Matkara Male literacy stands at 59.45 % while female literacy rate was 32.49 %.

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

Matkara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 95 - -
Population 500 255 245
Child (0-6) 86 38 48
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 375 189 186
Literacy 46.62 % 59.45 % 32.49 %
Total Workers 280 145 135
Main Worker 276 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

In Matkara village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 75.00 % of total population in Matkara village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Matkara village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Matkara village out of total population, 280 were engaged in work activities. 98.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 280 workers engaged in Main Work, 250 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.