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Marpa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Marpa is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 191 families residing. The Marpa village has population of 969 of which 458 are males while 511 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Marpa village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 15.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Marpa village is 1116 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Marpa as per census is 1239, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Marpa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Marpa village was 44.32 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Marpa Male literacy stands at 58.31 % while female literacy rate was 31.54 %.

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

Marpa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 969 458 511
Child (0-6) 150 67 83
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 946 446 500
Literacy 44.32 % 58.31 % 31.54 %
Total Workers 576 275 301
Main Worker 93 - -
Marginal Worker 483 207 276

Caste Factor

In Marpa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.63 % of total population in Marpa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Marpa village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Marpa village out of total population, 576 were engaged in work activities. 16.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 83.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 576 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.