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Ortara Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Ortara is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 226 families residing. The Ortara village has population of 1185 of which 621 are males while 564 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ortara village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 15.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ortara village is 908 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Ortara as per census is 854, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Ortara village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Ortara village was 50.94 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Ortara Male literacy stands at 64.95 % while female literacy rate was 35.68 %.

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

Ortara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 226 - -
Population 1,185 621 564
Child (0-6) 178 96 82
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 192 100 92
Literacy 50.94 % 64.95 % 35.68 %
Total Workers 535 290 245
Main Worker 189 - -
Marginal Worker 346 147 199

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.25 % of total population in Ortara village.

Work Profile

In Ortara village out of total population, 535 were engaged in work activities. 35.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 535 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.