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Purnia Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Purnia is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 184 families residing. The Purnia village has population of 790 of which 386 are males while 404 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purnia village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 17.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purnia village is 1047 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Purnia as per census is 1367, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Purnia village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Purnia village was 60.03 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Purnia Male literacy stands at 76.07 % while female literacy rate was 43.79 %.

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

Purnia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 790 386 404
Child (0-6) 142 60 82
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 288 148 140
Literacy 60.03 % 76.07 % 43.79 %
Total Workers 401 205 196
Main Worker 20 - -
Marginal Worker 381 193 188

Caste Factor

In Purnia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.46 % of total population in Purnia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Purnia village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Purnia village out of total population, 401 were engaged in work activities. 4.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 401 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.