Paharkol Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Paharkol is a medium size village located in Jama Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 110 families residing. The Paharkol village has population of 521 of which 255 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paharkol village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 20.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paharkol village is 1043 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Paharkol as per census is 982, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Paharkol village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Paharkol village was 52.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Paharkol Male literacy stands at 69.00 % while female literacy rate was 36.32 %.

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

Paharkol Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	521	255	266
Child (0-6)	109	55	54
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	434	213	221
Literacy	52.18 %	69.00 %	36.32 %
Total Workers	344	166	178
Main Worker	9	-	-
Marginal Worker	335	161	174

Caste Factor

In Paharkol village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 83.30 % of total population in Paharkol village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paharkol village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Paharkol village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 2.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.