Kusmaha Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Kusmaha is a medium size village located in Jarmundi Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 95 families residing. The Kusmaha village has population of 525 of which 255 are males while 270 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kusmaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 18.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kusmaha village is 1059 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kusmaha as per census is 792, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kusmaha village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kusmaha village was 43.49 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kusmaha Male literacy stands at 56.44 % while female literacy rate was 32.02 %.

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

Kusmaha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	95	-	-
Population	525	255	270
Child (0-6)	95	53	42
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	299	141	158
Literacy	43.49 %	56.44 %	32.02 %
Total Workers	259	147	112
Main Worker	29	-	-
Marginal Worker	230	128	102

Caste Factor

In Kusmaha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.95 % of total population in Kusmaha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kusmaha village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Kusmaha village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 11.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.